1. And there went an ish of the Bais Levi, and took to wife a bat Levi.
2. And the isha conceived, and bore a ben; and when she saw him that he was tov, she hid him three months.
3. And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him a tevah (ark) of papyrus, and daubed it with tar and with pitch, and put the yeled therein; and she set it in the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
4. And his achot stood afar off, to see what would be done to him.
5. And the Bat Pharaoh came down to bathe herself at the Nile; and her na'arot walked along by the Nile's bank; and when she saw the tevah (ark) among the reeds, she sent her amah (maid servant) to fetch it.
6. And when she had opened it, she saw the yeled; and, hinei, the na'ar was crying. And she had compassion on him, and said, This one is of the yaldei HaIvrim (Hebrew children).