Exodus 2:4
New International Version
His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

New Living Translation
The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.

English Standard Version
And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.

Berean Standard Bible
And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

King James Bible
And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

New King James Version
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

New American Standard Bible
And his sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.

NASB 1995
His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.

NASB 1977
And his sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.

Amplified Bible
And his sister [Miriam] stood some distance away to find out what would happen to him.

Christian Standard Bible
Then his sister stood at a distance in order to see what would happen to him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then his sister stood at a distance in order to see what would happen to him.

American Standard Version
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And his sister stood from a distance that she would know what would be done to him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him.

Contemporary English Version
The baby's older sister stood off at a distance to see what would happen to him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done.

English Revised Version
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The baby's sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

Good News Translation
The baby's sister stood some distance away to see what would happen to him.

International Standard Version
Then his sister positioned herself some distance away in order to find out what would happen to him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

Literal Standard Version
and his sister stations herself far off, to know what is done to him.

Majority Standard Bible
And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

New American Bible
His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him.

NET Bible
His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him.

New Revised Standard Version
His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.

New Heart English Bible
And his sister stood at a distance, to see what would be done to him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

World English Bible
His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.

Young's Literal Translation
and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.

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Context
The Birth of Moses
3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket 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. 4And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

Cross References
Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.

Numbers 26:59
and Amram's wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.


Treasury of Scripture

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Numbers 12:1-15
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman…

Numbers 20:1
Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

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Exodus 2
1. Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile.
5. He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter;
7. who employs his mother to nurse him.
11. He kills an Egyptian.
13. He reproves a Hebrew.
15. He flees into Midian, and marries Zipporah.
22. Gershom is born.
23. God respects the Israelites' cry.














(4) His sister.--Presumably Miriam, the only sister of Moses mentioned elsewhere (Exodus 15:20-21; Numbers 26:59). To have taken the part which is assigned her in this chapter, she must have been a girl of some fourteen or fifteen years of age, and possessed of much quickness and intelligence.

Verse 4. - His sister. There can be no reasonable doubt that this is the "Miriam" of the later narrative (Exodus 15:20, 21; Numbers 20:1), who seems to have been Moses' only sister (Numbers 26:59). She was probably set to watch by her mother.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And his sister
אֲחֹת֖וֹ (’ă·ḥō·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

stood
וַתֵּתַצַּ֥ב (wat·tê·ṯaṣ·ṣaḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

at a distance
מֵרָחֹ֑ק (mê·rā·ḥōq)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious

to see
לְדֵעָ֕ה (lə·ḏê·‘āh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

what
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

would happen
יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה (yê·‘ā·śeh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to him.
לֽוֹ׃ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


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