The Birth of Moses
2 Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket[a] 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. 4 His sisterstood at a distance to see what would happen to him.