Exodus 2:4

Exodus 2:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
• New International Version (NIV)His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

Context of Exodus 2:4

2and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months. 3But 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. And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. 5Soon 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. 6When 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.”

Exodus 2:4 word by word

וַתֵּתַצַּ֥ב אֲחֹת֖וֹ מֵרָחֹ֑ק לְדֵעָ֕ה מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• And his sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• stoodיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320
• at a distanceרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
• to seeיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• would happenעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Exodus 2:4

• Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
• Numbers 12:1Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
• Numbers 20:1In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
• Numbers 26:59and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.
• Micah 6:4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.

Commentaries on Exodus 2:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25Chapter 1 explained why Israel needed rescue. Chapter 2 shows how God prepared Moses, the rescuer. God used the threat to Hebrew baby boys to ensure that Moses was ready for his mission (see study note on 2:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. his sister--Miriam would probably be a girl of ten or twelve years of age at the time.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 2:4

• Jochebed
• Miriam
• Moses
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Herself
• Miriam
• Son
• Soon
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Moses
• Wist, Witty, Wot
• Woman

Commentaries on Exodus 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings