The mother was afraid that the baby would be found and killed because he was a boy. After three months, she made a basket and covered it with tar [6] so that it would float. She put the baby in the basket. Then she put the basket in the river in the tall grass.
Nineveh, are you better than Thebes {\cf2\super [8]} on the Nile River? No! Thebes also had water all around her. Thebes used the water to protect herself from enemies. She used that water like a wall too!