Read Full ChapterBut when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river’s bank.
World English Bible (WEB)
And when she could{H3201}{(H8804)} not longer{H5750} hide{H6845}{(H8687)} him, she took{H3947}{(H8799)} for him an ark{H8392} of bulrushes{H1573}, and daubed{H2560}{(H8799)} it with slime{H2564} and with pitch{H2203}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} the child{H3206} therein; and she laid{H7760}{(H8799)} it in the flags{H5488} by the river's{H2975} brink{H8193}.
Strong's King James
and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth it in the weeds by the edge of the River;
Young's Literal Translation
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