3But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark, as in Gen. 6:14. 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.
3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus 2:3 Or chestbasket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
3But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a I.e. papyrus reedswicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
3When she could no longer hide him, she got him a basket (chest) made of papyrus reeds and covered it with tar and pitch [making it waterproof]. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket2:3 The Hebrew can also mean ark; also in verse 5; see Genesis 6:14. and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
3After that, she couldn’t hide him any longer. So she got a basket made out of the stems of tall grass. She coated the basket with tar. She placed the child in the basket. Then she put it in the tall grass that grew along the bank of the Nile River.