Exodus 2:3-5

International Standard Version

³ But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus container, coated it with asphalt and pitch, placed the child in it, and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. ⁴ Then his sister positioned herself some distance away in order to find out what would happen to him.

Pharaoh’s Daughter Adopts Moses

⁵ Then Pharaoh’s daughter came down to the Nile River^[a] to bathe while her maids walked along the river bank. She saw the container among the reeds and sent a servant girl to get it.