18 when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds.(A)

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18 Suddenly seven cows came up out of the river, fine looking and fat; and they fed in the meadow.

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But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus(A) basket[a] for him and coated it with tar and pitch.(B) Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds(C) along the bank of the Nile.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark, as in Gen. 6:14.

But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of (A)bulrushes for him, daubed it with (B)asphalt and (C)pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds (D)by the river’s bank.

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21 Under the lotus plants it lies,
    hidden among the reeds(A) in the marsh.(B)

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21 He lies under the lotus trees,
In a covert of reeds and marsh.

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The canals will stink;(A)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.(B)
The reeds(C) and rushes will wither,(D)

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The rivers will turn foul;
The brooks (A)of defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.

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