Exodus 2:3
The Scripture
(3) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
In this chapter the Israelites are commanded to kill their firstborn sons, but many mothers hide their infants in the desert. As a result, the children survive and multiply in the wilderness. This shows God's care for His people even when they act against Him.
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Exodus 1:22Matthew 2:13Matthew 2:16Acts 7:19Isaiah 18:2Genesis 6:14Genesis 11:3Genesis 14:10
Related verses (shared words)
Genesis 6:14Revelation 10:6II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11Exodus 2:5Exodus 40:3