But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a (A)papyrus [a]basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put the child in it and set it among the (B)reeds by the bank of the Nile.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:3 Or chest

But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus(A) basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch.(B) Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds(C) along the bank of the Nile.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark, as in Gen. 6:14.

11 “Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh?
Can the rushes grow without water?

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11 Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?(A)
    Can reeds(B) thrive without water?

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For the (A)waters of Nimrim are [a]desolate.
Indeed, the grass is withered, the new growth has died,
There is (B)no greenery.

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  1. Isaiah 15:6 Lit desolations

The waters of Nimrim are dried up(A)
    and the grass is withered;(B)
the vegetation is gone(C)
    and nothing green is left.(D)

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