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Exodus 2:4

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2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.Select Exodus 2:2

3And 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.Select Exodus 2:3

4And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.Select Exodus 2:4

5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.Select Exodus 2:5

6And 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.Select Exodus 2:6

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WEB

2:4 His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.

ASV

2:4 And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

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