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He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. &#8220This is one of the Hebrew babies,&#8221 she said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When the princess opened it, she saw the baby. The little boy was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew children,” she said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when she had opened <i>it</i>, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This <i>is one</i> of the Hebrews' children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And when she opened <i>it,</i> she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When she opened <i>it,</i> she saw the child, and behold, <i>the</i> boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, &#8220This is one of the Hebrews&#8217 children.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When she opened <i>it,</i> she saw the child, and behold, <i>the</i> boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then she opened <i>it</i> and saw the child. And behold, <i>the</i> boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. And she took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />opened it, and saw him, the child—and there he was, a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew boys.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When she opened it, she saw the child—a little boy, crying. She felt sorry for him and said, &#8220This is one of the Hebrew boys.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When the king's daughter opened the basket, she saw the baby crying and felt sorry for him. She said, "This must be one of the Hebrew babies." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Pharaoh's daughter opened the basket, looked at the baby, and saw it was a boy. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. She said, "This is one of the Hebrew children."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The princess opened it and saw a baby boy. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When she opened it and saw the child, the little boy suddenly began crying. Filled with compassion for him, she exclaimed, "This is one of the Hebrew children!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />opened it, and saw the child--a boy, crying!--and she felt compassion for him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />She opened it, and saw the child, and look, the baby cried. And she had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and opens, and sees him—the boy, and behold, a child weeping! And she has pity on him and says, “This is [one] of the Hebrews’ children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and openeth, and seeth him -- the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And she will open and will see the child: and behold, the boy weeping: And she will have pity upon him, and will say, This from the children of the Hebrews.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />She opened it and seeing within it an infant crying, having compassion on it she said: This is one of the babes of the Hebrews. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />she opened it; and realizing that within it was a little one crying, she took pity on him, and she said: “This is one of the infants of the Hebrews.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />On opening it, she looked, and there was a baby boy crying! She was moved with pity for him and said, “It is one of the Hebrews’ children.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying, and she took pity on him. “This must be one of the Hebrews’ children,” she said.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when she had opened it, she saw the child; and, behold, the babe was weeping. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And she opened it and she saw the boy and behold, the boy cried, and she had pity upon him, and she said, “This is from the children of the Hebrews.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And she opened it, and saw it, even the child; and behold a boy that wept. And she had compassion on him, and said: 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the ark: and the daughter of Pharao had compassion on it, and said, This <i>is one</i> of the Hebrew's children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/2-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=205" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/2.htm">Pharaoh's Daughter Rescues Moses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5</span>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. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: wat·tip̄·taḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">When she opened it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wat·tir·’ê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs:: 3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">she saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3206.htm" title="3206: hay·ye·leḏ (Art:: N-ms) -- Child, son, boy, youth. From yalad; something born, i.e. A lad or offspring.">the child,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh- (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">and behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: na·‘ar (N-ms) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl.">the little boy</a> <a href="/hebrew/1058.htm" title="1058: bō·ḵeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To weep, bewail. A primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan.">was crying.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2550.htm" title="2550: wat·taḥ·mōl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To spare. A primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare.">So she had compassion</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on him</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: zeh (Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">“This is one of</a> <a href="/hebrew/5680.htm" title="5680: hā·‘iḇ·rîm (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Perhaps desc. of Eber, also another name for an Isr. Patronymic from Eber; an Eberite or descendant of Eber.">the Hebrew</a> <a href="/hebrew/3206.htm" title="3206: mî·yal·ḏê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Child, son, boy, youth. From yalad; something born, i.e. A lad or offspring.">children.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-21.htm">Acts 7:21</a></span><br />When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-23.htm">Hebrews 11:23</a></span><br />By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/1-22.htm">Exodus 1:22</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Isaiah 49:15</a></span><br />“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/3-26.htm">1 Kings 3:26</a></span><br />Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16</a></span><br />When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/21-16.htm">Genesis 21:16</a></span><br />Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Genesis 37:28</a></span><br />So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-20.htm">1 Samuel 1:20</a></span><br />So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/11-2.htm">2 Kings 11:2</a></span><br />But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-10.htm">Matthew 18:10</a></span><br />See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-7.htm">Luke 2:7</a></span><br />And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/44-18.htm">Genesis 44:18-34</a></span><br />Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself. / My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’ / And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/18-1.htm">1 Samuel 18:1-4</a></span><br />After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself. / And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house. / Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/4-4.htm">2 Samuel 4:4</a></span><br />And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">she had compassion.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-50.htm">1 Kings 8:50</a></b></br> And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/1-11.htm">Nehemiah 1:11</a></b></br> O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-46.htm">Psalm 106:46</a></b></br> He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/5-13.htm">Babe</a> <a href="/genesis/25-22.htm">Babies</a> <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Baby</a> <a href="/exodus/1-22.htm">Boy</a> <a href="/exodus/2-3.htm">Child</a> <a href="/exodus/1-18.htm">Children</a> <a href="/genesis/43-14.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/genesis/45-1.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/genesis/41-55.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/genesis/31-37.htm">Felt</a> <a href="/exodus/1-21.htm">Hebrew</a> <a href="/exodus/1-22.htm">Hebrews</a> <a href="/genesis/44-33.htm">Lad</a> <a href="/genesis/44-11.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/genesis/44-11.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/genesis/43-19.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/genesis/45-20.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Sorry</a> <a href="/genesis/50-10.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/genesis/50-17.htm">Wept</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/3-12.htm">Babe</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-19.htm">Babies</a> <a href="/exodus/2-7.htm">Baby</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-3.htm">Boy</a> <a href="/exodus/2-7.htm">Child</a> <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/33-19.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Cried</a> <a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Crying</a> <a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Felt</a> <a href="/exodus/2-7.htm">Hebrew</a> <a href="/exodus/2-7.htm">Hebrews</a> <a href="/exodus/2-7.htm">Lad</a> <a href="/exodus/28-9.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/exodus/13-2.htm">Openeth</a> <a href="/exodus/13-2.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/judges/21-6.htm">Sorry</a> <a href="/exodus/2-24.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Wept</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/2-1.htm">Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/2-5.htm">He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/2-7.htm">who employs his mother to nurse him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/2-11.htm">He kills an Egyptian.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/2-13.htm">He reproves a Hebrew.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/2-15.htm">He flees into Midian, and marries Zipporah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Gershom is born.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">God respects the Israelites' cry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When she opened it</b><br>This phrase refers to Pharaoh's daughter opening the basket in which Moses was placed. The act of opening the basket signifies a moment of divine intervention and providence. The basket, made of papyrus and coated with tar and pitch, was designed to protect Moses from the waters of the Nile, symbolizing God's protection over His chosen deliverer. This moment is pivotal as it sets the stage for Moses' adoption into the Egyptian royal family, which would later enable him to lead the Israelites out of bondage.<p><b>she saw the child</b><br>The sight of the child is significant as it marks the beginning of Moses' journey from a Hebrew infant to a prince of Egypt. This moment is a fulfillment of God's plan, as Moses' survival and subsequent upbringing in Pharaoh's household were crucial for the deliverance of the Israelites. The child's presence in the basket is a testament to the faith of his mother, Jochebed, who trusted God to protect her son.<p><b>and behold, the little boy was crying</b><br>The crying of the child evokes a natural human response of compassion and care. In the cultural context of ancient Egypt, crying would have been seen as a sign of vulnerability and need, prompting Pharaoh's daughter to act. This moment highlights the humanity and innocence of Moses, who, despite being a Hebrew, is shown mercy by an Egyptian princess. The cry can also be seen as a metaphor for the cries of the Israelites in bondage, which God heard and responded to through Moses.<p><b>So she had compassion on him</b><br>Pharaoh's daughter's compassion is a key turning point in the narrative. Her decision to save Moses reflects the universal value of mercy and the breaking down of ethnic barriers. This act of compassion is a precursor to the mercy God would show to His people through Moses. It also foreshadows the compassion of Christ, who would later come to save humanity from sin.<p><b>and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”</b><br>Recognizing Moses as a Hebrew child is significant because it acknowledges his true identity and heritage. Despite the potential danger of harboring a Hebrew child, Pharaoh's daughter chooses to protect him, indicating a divine orchestration of events. This recognition ties Moses to the covenant promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and sets the stage for his role as the deliverer of Israel. It also prefigures the way Jesus, though born into humanity, was recognized as the Son of God, destined to deliver His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh's_daughter.htm">Pharaoh's Daughter</a></b><br>The unnamed daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh who discovers Moses in the basket. Her compassion leads to Moses being raised in the Egyptian royal household.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The infant found in the basket, who would later become the leader of the Israelites and a central figure in the Exodus account.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_nile_river.htm">The Nile River</a></b><br>The river where Moses was placed in a basket by his mother to save him from Pharaoh's decree to kill all Hebrew male infants.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/hebrew_children.htm">Hebrew Children</a></b><br>Refers to the children of the Israelites, who were under threat due to Pharaoh's edict to control the Hebrew population.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/compassion.htm">Compassion</a></b><br>The emotional response of Pharaoh's daughter upon seeing the crying infant, which is pivotal in the preservation of Moses' life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_providence.htm">Divine Providence</a></b><br>God's hand is evident in the preservation of Moses' life, showing that He can use unexpected people and circumstances to fulfill His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_as_a_catalyst.htm">Compassion as a Catalyst</a></b><br>The compassion of Pharaoh's daughter serves as a reminder of how a single act of kindness can have far-reaching consequences in God's plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_adversity.htm">Courage in Adversity</a></b><br>Moses' parents' decision to hide him reflects a courageous faith that trusts in God's protection despite dire circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_and_purpose.htm">Identity and Purpose</a></b><br>Moses' identity as a Hebrew child raised in an Egyptian palace illustrates how God can use our unique backgrounds for His glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_human_plans.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans</a></b><br>Despite Pharaoh's attempts to suppress the Israelites, God's sovereign plan for Moses' life and the deliverance of His people prevails.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'the_word_became_flesh'_mean.htm">What does 'The Word became flesh' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_egyptian_princes_commit_murder_unnoticed.htm">Exodus 2:11–12 – Is there any record or indication in Egyptian history that an adopted prince could commit murder and remain largely unnoticed by Pharaoh? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_defy_pharaoh_to_save_a_hebrew_child.htm">Exodus 2:5–6 – Why would Pharaoh’s daughter openly defy her father’s edict by saving and raising a Hebrew child? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god's_discipline_contradict_love.htm">In Hebrews 12:5-6, does God's discipline contradict the idea of a loving, compassionate deity presented elsewhere in Scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">When she had opened it.</span>--The princess opened the ark herself, perhaps suspecting what was inside, perhaps out of mere curiosity.<p><span class= "bld">The babe (rather, <span class= "ital">the boy</span>)</span> <span class= "bld">wept. </span>Through hunger, or cold, or perhaps general discomfort. An ark of bulrushes could not have been a very pleasant cradle.<p><span class= "bld">She had compassion on him.</span>--The babe's tears moved her to pity; and her pity prompted her to save it. She must have shown some sign of her intention--perhaps by taking the child from the ark and fondling it--before Miriam could have ventured to make her suggestion. (See the next verse.)<p><span class= "bld">This is one of the Hebrews' children.</span>--The circumstances spoke for themselves. No mother would have exposed such a "goodly child" (<a href="/exodus/2-2.htm" title="And the woman conceived, and bore a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.">Exodus 2:2</a>) to so sad a death but one with whom it was a necessity.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - The princess herself <span class="cmt_word">opened</span> the "ark," which was a sort of covered basket. Perhaps she suspected what she would find inside; but would it be a living or a dead child? This she could not know. She opened, and looked. It was a living babe, and it wept. At once her woman's heart, heathen as she was, went out to the child - its tears reached the common humanity that lies below all differences of race and creed - and she pitied it. "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." <span class="cmt_word">This is one of the Hebrews' children</span>. Hebrew characteristics were perhaps stamped even upon the infant visage. Or she formed her conclusion merely from the circumstances. No Egyptian woman had any need to expose her child, or would be likely to do so; but it was just what a Hebrew mother, under the cruel circumstances of the time, might have felt herself forced to do. So she drew her conclusion, rapidly and decidedly, as is the way of woman. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/2-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When she opened it,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּפְתַּח֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tip̄·taḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she saw</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתִּרְאֵ֣הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tir·’ê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the child,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיֶּ֔לֶד</span> <span class="translit">(hay·ye·leḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3206.htm">Strong's 3206: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something born, a lad, offspring</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּה־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the little boy</span><br /><span class="heb">נַ֖עַר</span> <span class="translit">(na·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy, lad, youth, retainer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was crying.</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּכֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(bō·ḵeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1058.htm">Strong's 1058: </a> </span><span class="str2">To weep, to bemoan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">So she had compassion</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּחְמֹ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(wat·taḥ·mōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2550.htm">Strong's 2550: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commiserate, to spare</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on him</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֹּ֕אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“This is one of</span><br /><span class="heb">זֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Hebrew</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽעִבְרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘iḇ·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5680.htm">Strong's 5680: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">children.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיַּלְדֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yal·ḏê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3206.htm">Strong's 3206: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something born, a lad, offspring</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/2-6.htm">Exodus 2:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/2-6.htm">OT Law: Exodus 2:6 She opened it and saw the child (Exo. 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