Exodus 2:5

And 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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
daughter	בַּת bat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹה֙ par.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
down	וַתֵּ֤רֶד va.Te.red	H3381	to descend (literally · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
wash	לִרְחֹ֣ץ lir.Chotz	H7364	to lave (the whole or a part of a thing) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
river	הַיְאֹ֔ר hay.'Or	H2975	a channel · definite article + proper noun, a place name
maidens	וְנַעֲרֹתֶ֥יהָ ve.na.'a.ro.Tei.ha	H5291	a girl (from infancy to adolescence) · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
walked	הֹלְכֹ֖ת ho.le.Khot	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, qal active participle, feminine plural absolute
river’s	הַיְאֹ֑ר hay.'Or	H2975	a channel · definite article + proper noun, a place name
side	יַ֣ד yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct
saw	וַתֵּ֤רֶא va.Te.re'	H7200	to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
ark	הַתֵּבָה֙ ha.te.Vah	H8392	a box · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
among	בְּת֣וֹךְ be.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
flags	הַסּ֔וּף ha.Suf	H5488	a reed · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sent	וַתִּשְׁלַ֥ח va.tish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
maid	אֲמָתָ֖הּ 'a.ma.Tah	H519	a maidservant or female slave · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
fetch	וַתִּקָּחֶֽהָ va.ti.ka.Che.ha	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Acts 7:21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Psalms 9:9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Psalms 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffe…
Exodus 8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Th…
Psalms 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Exodus 7:15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the ro…
Psalms 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:5-10

Here is, I. Moses saved from perishing. Come see the place where that great man lay when he was a little child; he lay in a bulrush-basket by the river's side. Had he been left to lie there, he must have perished in a little time with hunger, if he had not been sooner washed into the river or devoured by a crocodile. Had he fallen into any other hands than those he did fall into, either they would not, or durst not, have done otherwise than have thrown him straightway into the river; but Providence brings no less a person thither than Pharaoh's daughter, just at that juncture, guides her to the place where this poor forlorn infant lay, and inclines her heart to pity it, which she dares do wh…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 2:5

the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river--The occasion is thought to have been a religious solemnity which the royal family opened by bathing in the sacred stream. Peculiar sacredness was attached to those portions of the Nile which flowed near the temples. The water was there fenced off as a protection from the crocodiles; and doubtless the princess had an enclosure reserved for her own use, the road to which seems to have been well known to Jochebed. walked along--in procession or in file. she sent her maid--her immediate attendant. The term is different from that rendered "maidens."

Adam Clarke on Exodus 2:5

And the daughter of Pharaoh - Josephus calls her Thermuthis, and says that "the ark was borne along by the current, and that she sent one that could swim after it; that she was struck with the figure and uncommon beauty of the child; that she inquired for a nurse, but he having refused the breasts of several, and his sister proposing to bring a Hebrew nurse, his own mother was procured." But all this is in Josephus's manner, as well as the long circumstantial dream that he gives to Amram concerning the future greatness of Moses, which cannot be considered in any other light than that of a fable, and not even a cunningly devised one. To wash herself at the river - Whether the daughter of Phar…

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Dictionary and topics

Bulrush — (1.) In Isa. 58:5 the rendering of a word which denotes “belonging to a marsh,” from the nature of the soil in which it grows (Isa. 18:2). It was sometimes platted into ropes (Job. 41:2; A.V.,…
Flag — (Heb., or rather Egyptian, ahu, Job 8:11), rendered “meadow” in Gen. 41:2, 18; probably the Cyperus esculentus, a species of rush eaten by cattle, the Nile reed. It also grows in Palestine. In Ex.…
Miriam — Their rebellion. (1.) The sister of Moses and Aaron (Ex. 2:4-10; 1 Chr. 6:3). Her name is prominent in the history of the Exodus. She is called “the prophetess” (Ex. 15:20). She took the lead in the…
Noah — Rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam’s…
Phylacteries — (Gr. phulakteria; i.e., “defences” or “protections”), called by modern Jews tephillin (i.e., “prayers”) are mentioned only in Matt. 23:5. They consisted of strips of parchment on which were inscribed…
Adoption · .Of Moses — .Of Moses
Children · Fondness and care of mothers for — Fondness and care of mothers for
Egypt · History of Israel in: Moses adopted and brought up by Pharaoh’s daughter — History of Israel in: Moses adopted and brought up by Pharaoh’s daughter
Flag · 1. (R. V., bulrush.) — 1. (R. V., bulrush.)
Jochebed · General references — General references
Miriam · Watched over Moses when he was in the little basket — Watched over Moses when he was in the little basket

Exodus 2:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:5-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 2:5

Adam Clarke on Exodus 2:5

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Exodus 2:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 2:5-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 2:5

Adam Clarke on Exodus 2:5

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 2:5

John Calvin on Exodus 2:1-10

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 2:1-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 2:5-6

Rashi on Exodus 2:5