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Exodus 2:6

Mercy and compassion

4 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.

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.”

7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”

8 “Go ahead,” Pharaoh’s daughter told her. And the girl went and called the boy’s mother.

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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
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.”
KJV
And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
WEB
She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”
ASV
And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews` children.
DARBY
And she opened [it], and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.
BLB
And she opened [it], and she saw the child, and behold, a boy weeping. And she had compassion on him, and she said, “This [is] [one of] the children of the Hebrews.”
ÅB
Da hun åpnet den, så hun barnet, og se, det var en gutt som lå der og gråt; da ynkedes hun over ham og sa: Det er en av hebreernes guttebarn.
OTB
Da hun åpnet den, så hun det gråtende barnet og fikk medfølelse med ham og sa: «Dette er et av hebreernes barn.»
B1930
Da hun åpnet den, så hun barnet, og se, det var en gutt som lå der og gråt; da ynkedes hun over ham og sa: Det er en av hebreernes guttebarn.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 8:50

    May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

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  • 1 Peter 3:8

    Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

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  • Acts 7:21

    When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

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  • Nehemiah 1:11

    O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)

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  • Psalms 106:46

    He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

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  • Proverbs 21:1

    The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

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