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Berean Standard Bible

“But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.”

Exodus 2:3

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Pharaoh has ordered Hebrew baby boys thrown into the Nile. A Levite mother hides her son for three months, then makes a waterproof basket and places him among the reeds.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

World English Bible (WEB)

When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.

King James Version (KJV)

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river`s brink.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Pero no pudiendo ocultarle más tiempo, tomó una arquilla de juncos, y calafateóla con pez y betún, y colocó en ella al niño, y púsolo en un carrizal á la orilla del río:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Pero cuando ya no pudo esconderlo más, le hizo una pequeña cesta de papiro, la recubrió con asfalto, y puso al niño adentro; luego fue y lo dejó en medio de las cañas que crecían a la orilla del río.

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