Exodus 2:3
King James Version
“And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid in the flags by the river’s brink.”
Context
1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took a daughter of Levi.
2And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he goodly she hid him three months.
3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid in the flags by the river’s brink.
4And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6And when she had opened she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This of the Hebrews’ children.