Exodus 2:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The woman became pregnant and had a son. She saw how beautiful he was and hid him for three months.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

ASV:

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

BBE:

And she became with child and gave birth to a Son; and when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she kept him secretly for three months.

DBY:

And the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months.

ERV:

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

JPS:

And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

WBS:

And the woman conceived, and bore a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

WEB:

The woman conceived, and bore a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.

YLT:

and the woman conceiveth, and beareth a son, and she seeth him that he is fair, and she hideth him three months,

Exodus 2:2 Cross References

XREF:

Acts 7:20 "It was at this time that Moses was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father's home.

Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's edict. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

2:2 Bare a son - It seems just at the time of his birth that cruel law was made for the murder of all the male - children of the Hebrews, and many no doubt perished by the execution of it. Moses's parents had Miriam and Aaron, both elder than he, born to them before that edict came out. Probably his mother had little joy of her being with child of him, now this edict was in force. Yet this child proves the glory of his father's house. Observe the beauty of providence: just when Pharaoh's cruelty rose to this height, the deliverer was born. She hid him three months - In some private apartment of their own house, though probably with the hazard of their lives had he been discovered. It is said, Heb 11:23. That Moses's parents hid him by faith: some think they had a special revelation that the deliverer should spring from their loins; however, they believed the general promise of Israel's preservation, and in that faith hid their child.

MHC:

2:1-4 Observe the order of Providence: just at the time when Pharaoh's cruelty rose to its height by ordering the Hebrew children to be drowned, the deliverer was born. When men are contriving the ruin of the church, God is preparing for its salvation. The parents of Moses saw he was a goodly child. A lively faith can take encouragement from the least hint of the Divine favour. It is said, Heb 11:23, that the parents of Moses hid him by faith; they had the promise that Israel should be preserved, which they relied upon. Faith in God's promise quickens to the use of lawful means for obtaining mercy. Duty is ours, events are God's. Faith in God will set us above the fear of man. At three months' end, when they could not hide the infant any longer, they put him in an ark of bulrushes by the river's brink, and set his sister to watch. And if the weak affection of a mother were thus careful, what shall we think of Him, whose love, whose compassion is, as himself, boundless. Moses never had a stronger protection about him, no, not when all the Israelites were round his tent in the wilderness, than now, when he lay alone, a helpless babe upon the waves. No water, no Egyptian can hurt him. When we seem most neglected and forlorn, God is most present with us.

CONC:

Bare Beareth Beautiful Birth Bore Child Conceived Conceiveth Fair Fine Goodly Hid Hideth Kept Months Secretly

Bare Beareth Beautiful Birth Bore Child Conceived Conceiveth Fair Fine Goodly Hid Hideth Kept Months Pregnant Three

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