Exodus 2:3

New American Bible - revised edition

But when she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket, daubed it with bitumen and pitch, and putting the child in it, placed it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.

Cross References

Genesis 11:3

They said to one another, “Come, let us mold bricks and harden them with fire.” They used bricks for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

Genesis 14:10

Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits; and as the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah fled, they fell into these, while the rest fled to the mountains.

Genesis 6:14

Make yourself an ark of gopherwood, equip the ark with various compartments, and cover it inside and out with pitch.

Exodus 1:22

Pharaoh then commanded all his people, “Throw into the Nile every boy that is born, but you may let all the girls live.”

Isaiah 18:2

Sending ambassadors by sea, in papyrus boats on the waters! Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and bronzed, To a people dreaded near and far, a nation strong and conquering, whose land is washed by rivers.

Isaiah 19:6

Its streams shall become foul, and the canals of Egypt shall dwindle and parch. Reeds and rushes shall wither away,

Isaiah 35:7

The burning sands will become pools, and the thirsty ground, springs of water; The abode where jackals crouch will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus.

Matthew 2:13

When they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.”

Matthew 2:16

When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi.

Acts 7:19

He dealt shrewdly with our people and oppressed [our] ancestors by forcing them to expose their infants, that they might not survive.