Exodus 2:2

2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.

Exodus 2:2 in Other Translations

KJV
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
ESV
2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.
NLT
2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months.
MSG
2 The woman became pregnant and had a son. She saw there was something special about him and hid him. She hid him for three months.
CSB
2 The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months.

Exodus 2:2 In-Context

1 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman,
2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.
3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
5 Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Genesis 39:6
  • 2. Acts 7:20; Hebrews 11:23
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