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Exodus 2:4

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

3 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.

And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

5 Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.

6 When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
KJV
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
WEB
His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.
ASV
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
DARBY
And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him.
BLB
And his sister stationed herself from a distance, to know what would be done to him.
ÅB
Men hans søster sto et stykke fra for å få vite hvordan det gikk ham.
OTB
Hans søster sto på avstand for å se hva som ville skje med ham.
B1930
Men hans søster stod et stykke fra for å få vite hvorledes det gikk ham.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 26:59

    and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

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  • Exodus 15:20

    Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

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  • Micah 6:4

    For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.

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  • Numbers 20:1

    In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

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  • Numbers 12:1–15

    Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.

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