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

2The woman conceived and gave birth to a son. Now when she saw that he was delightful, she hid him for three months. 3But when she could no longer hide him, she took a basket of papyrus reeds, coated it with tar and pitch, put the child inside, and laid it in the reeds by the bank of the Nile. His sister stood off at a distance to see what would happen to him. 5Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe, while her maidens walked along by the riverside. When she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her handmaiden to fetch it. 6When she opened it, she saw the child—look, a baby boy crying! 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

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 prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing,
• Numbers 12:1Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on account of the Cushite woman he married, because he had married a Cushite woman.
• Numbers 20:1In the first month, the entire community of Bnei-Yisrael arrived at the wilderness of Zin. The people stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
• Numbers 26:59Amram’s wife’s name was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. She gave birth for Amram, Aaron and Moses, as well as Miriam their sister.
• Micah 6:4When I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, I sent before you 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