The Baby in the River
A mother hides her baby, makes a basket and puts it in the river; a princess finds him. Read Exodus 2 in English with eight new words.
The words in this story
8 words you will really use: they appear in the Story and in the exercises, and come back in Review in the following Units.
house
noun
hide
verb
away
adverb
daughter
noun
among
preposition
servant
noun
should
verb
mother
noun
Original verse
The verse that closes the Unit, in the text of the World English Bible. After three lessons, this is how you read it, with no retelling.
Exodus 2:10 · WEB
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”
What a Unit looks like
First the whole Story, retold in simple English with sentence-by-sentence audio. Then three short lessons, each with a slice of the story, a Tip and exercises. At the end, the Original verse and the Celebration.
- História · 15 frases, tradução ao toque, 3 checagens sem XP
- 3 lições · um trecho, uma Dica e exercícios em cada uma
- Versículo original · o texto da Bíblia sem reconto · próxima história
Questions about this story
Which Bible passage is this lesson based on?
Exodus 2:1-10, in the World English Bible.
How many new English words will I learn?
8 new words, all taken from the story.
Who is the baby?
The baby is Moses. At the end of the story he gets his name.
Will I read the real Bible verse?
Yes: at the end you read Exodus 2:10 in the Bible, word for word.
More stories in the Course
More stories from the Old Testament Course, in canonical order.
- The Bush and the SeaUnit 8 · Exodus 3; Exodus 14A fire in a bush, “Here I am,” and a path through the sea.
- In the BeginningUnit 1 · Genesis 1; Genesis 2Seven days, one story: the first page of the Bible, in English.
- The GardenUnit 2 · Genesis 2; Genesis 3A garden, one tree and a question: “Where are you?”
