Exodus 2:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

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  • 1 Pet 3:8 : 8 Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:
  • 1 Kgs 8:50 : 50 Answering with forgiveness the people who have done wrong against you, and overlooking the evil which they have done against you; let those who made them prisoners be moved with pity for them, and have pity on them;
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. (Now I was the king's wine-servant.)
  • Ps 106:46 : 46 He put pity into the hearts of those who made them prisoners.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.
  • Acts 7:21 : 21 And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

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  • Exod 2:2-5
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    2 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.

    3 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.

    4 And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.

    5 Now Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to take a bath, while her women were walking by the riverside; and she saw the basket among the river-plants, and sent her servant-girl to get it.

  • Exod 2:7-11
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    7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, May I go and get you one of the Hebrew women to give him the breast?

    8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and got the child's mother.

    9 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take the child away and give it milk for me, and I will give you payment. And the woman took the child and gave it milk at her breast.

    10 And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.

    11 Now when Moses had become a man, one day he went out to his people and saw how hard their work was; and he saw an Egyptian giving blows to a Hebrew, one of his people.

  • Acts 7:20-21
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    20 At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:

    21 And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.

  • 22 And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

  • Exod 1:15-19
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    15 And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),

    16 When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

    17 But the women had the fear of God, and did not do as the king of Egypt said, but let the male children go on living.

    18 And the king of Egypt sent for the women, and said to them, Why have you done this, and let the male children go on living?

    19 And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

  • 9 For now, truly, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me, and I have seen the cruel behaviour of the Egyptians to them.

  • 19 And they said, An Egyptian came to our help against the keepers of sheep and got water for us and gave it to the flock.

  • 23 Now after a long time the king of Egypt came to his end: and the children of Israel were crying in their grief under the weight of their work, and their cry for help came to the ears of God.

  • 2 And so loud was his weeping, that it came to the ears of the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's house.

  • 20 And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.

  • 10 And when Pharaoh came near, the children of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians coming after them, and were full of fear; and their cry went up to God.

  • 27 Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.

  • 19 Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.

  • 16 And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.

  • 23 By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.