Éxodo 2:2

2 La mujer quedó embarazada y tuvo un hijo, y al verlo tan hermoso lo escondió durante tres meses.

Éxodo 2:2 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 2:2

And the woman conceived, and bare a son
Which was not her first child, nor indeed her first son, for she had both Aaron and Miriam before this: this son, which was Moses, was born, as the Jews say ^F20, in the thirty seventh year after the death of Levi, A. M. 2365, (or, as others, 2368,) on a Wednesday, the seventh of the month Adar, in the third hour of the day: some say it was on the twenty fourth of Nisan; but, according to Bishop Usher ^F21, he was born forty one years after the death of Levi, A. M. 2433, and in the year before Christ 1571,

and when she saw him that he was a goodly child;
exceeding fair and beautiful, as Stephen expresses it, ( Acts 7:20 ) , the Jews say ^F23 his form was like an angel of God, and Trogus ^F24, an Heathen writer, says his beautiful form recommended him: this engaged the affections of his parents to him, and who, from hence, might promise themselves that he would be a very eminent and useful person, could his life be preserved:

she hid him three months;
in her bedchamber, some Jewish writers say {y}; others ^F26, in a house under ground, that is, in the cellar; however, it was in his father's house, ( Acts 7:20 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Shatshalet Hakabala, fol. 5. 2. Tzemach David, par. 1. fol. 7. 1.
F21 Annal. Vet. Test. p. 18.
F23 Pirke Eliezer, c. 48. fol. 57. 2.
F24 Justin e Trogo, l. 36. c. 2.
F25 Chronicon Mosis, fol. 3. 2.
F26 Pirke Eliezer, ut supra. (c.48. fol. 57.2)

Éxodo 2:2 In-Context

1 Hubo un levita que tomó por esposa a una mujer de su propia tribu.

2 La mujer quedó embarazada y tuvo un hijo, y al verlo tan hermoso lo escondió durante tres meses.

3 Cuando ya no pudo seguir ocultándolo, preparó una cesta de papiro, la embadurnó con brea y asfalto y, poniendo en ella al niño, fue a dejar la cesta entre los juncos que había a la orilla del Nilo.

4 Pero la hermana del niño se quedó a cierta distancia para ver qué pasaría con él.

5 En eso, la hija del faraón bajó a bañarse en el Nilo. Sus doncellas, mientras tanto, se paseaban por la orilla del río. De pronto la hija del faraón vio la cesta entre los juncos, y ordenó a una de sus esclavas que fuera por ella.