American Standard Version
"And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. "
— Exodus 2:4, American Standard Version
“And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.”
“His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.”
“His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him.”
“His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done.”
“And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.”
“And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.”
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
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 she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it.
And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.
Then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?