...have had a sister at least several years older than himself, for when exposed in the ark of bulrushes, "-his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him." Now suppose for a moment that there had been no mention in the Bible of the family of Moses' parents...

...he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime...and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. THE last verse of the preceding chapter is a key to the interesting little incident with which this...

...prosper and become respectable amongst those who had treated them as contemptible and unclean. CHAP. II. The daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself...and her maidens walked along by the river's side. — Verse 5. All this is very natural. Wherever there is a river, or a tank, which is known to be free...

...lie Wits a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she co;ild no longer hide him, she took n a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. 9 Except the LORD ofhosts had left Jnto us a very s it in the tings by the hid him in the sand. 13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men...

...adoption of Moses by Pharaoh's daughter is told thus : " And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child within ; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off to wit what...

...he was a goodly childi and she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide Lim she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime...and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink." What qualities did she thus reveal ! Ingenuity, courage, self-conquest, hope, and trust were all displayed...

...he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not longer hide him. site took the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15 A тип I put the child therein ; and she laid it in the nags by the river's brink. 4 And his sister...

...: 2 and when she saw that he wan я beautiful child, ehe hid him three month«. And 3 took for htm af fadct 4 stood afar off, to know what would be done And the daughter of Pharaoh came down 5 to wash herself...

...hands? The thought was too shocking. Divine mercy suggested an expedient. They constructed a little " ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done...

...that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime...and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink."* The narrative here is quite as continuous as in the three first verses of Genesis. In the order of...