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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.

Context of Exodus 2:4

2and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. 5Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. 6She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

Exodus 2:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And his sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• stoodיָצַבyâtsab · to standH3320
• afar offרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
• to witיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• what would be doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Exodus 2:4

• Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.
• Numbers 12:1Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite.
• Numbers 20:1In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
• Numbers 26:59the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam.
• Micah 6:4I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also 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