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 the woman conceived, and bore a son. And she saw him that he was fair, and hid him three months. 3And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of reeds, and plastered it with resin and with pitch, and put the child in it, and laid [it] in the sedge on the bank of the river. And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him. 5And the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the river; and her maids went along by the river's side. And she saw the ark in the midst of the sedge, and sent her handmaid and fetched it. 6And she opened [it], and saw the child, and behold, the boy wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.

Exodus 2:4 word by word

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

• sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• stoodיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320
• afarרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350

Cross-references for Exodus 2:4

• Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances.
• Numbers 12:1And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had taken; for he had taken a Cushite as wife.
• Numbers 20:1And the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came into the wilderness of Zin, in the first month; and the people abode at Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
• Numbers 26:59And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
• Micah 6:4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, 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