Exodus 2:1-4

2:1

household <01004> [A.M. 2432. B.C. 1572. of the house.]

2:2

saw <07200> [A.M. 2433. B.C. 1571. she saw.]

2:3

longer able <03201 05750> [could not.]

basket <08392> [an ark.]

papyrus <01573> [bulrushes.]

{Gom‚,} is the papyrus, so famous in all antiquity. It grows on the banks of the Nile, and in marshy grounds; the stalk rises to the height of six or seven cubits above the water, is triangular, and terminates in a crown of small filaments, resembling hair. This reed was of the greatest use to the Egyptians; the pith serving them for food, and the woody part to build vessels with; which vessels frequently appear on various monuments of Egyptian antiquity. That boats were made of this reed is also attested by Pliny and others.

bitumen <02564> [with slime.]

2:4