Exodus 2:3-6 ▼

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.

5 Then Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile River 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.

6 When she opened it and saw the child, the little boy suddenly began crying. Filled with compassion for him, she exclaimed, |This is one of the Hebrew children!|