But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter y
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His m
And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone,
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits,