Ark of bulrushes

A painting by Konstantin Flavitsky of Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses, who is in a basket. The ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid ( Ex. 2:3) is called in the Hebrew teiva , a word similar to the Egyptian teb , meaning "a chest". It is also the same word use for Noah's Ark . The "bulrushes" of which the ark was made were paper reed ( Cyperus papyrus ), a tall reed-like sedge . This marshland plant is commonly found growing along the Nile , and its thick buoyant stems are sometimes used for making boats. The ark was daubed with slime and with pitch.

A painting by Konstantin Flavitsky of Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses, who is in a basket. The ark of bulrushes daubed with asphalt and pitch, in which the infant Moses was laid ( Ex. 2:3), is called in the Hebrew תֵּבָה ( tebah , modern teiva ), a word similar to the Egyptian teb , meaning "a chest". It is also the same word used for Noah's Ark . The bulrushes ( gome ) were likely to have been papyrus stalks ( Cyperus papyrus ), daubed with bitumen and pitch (which probably refers to the sticky mud of the Nile). The ark containing the three-month-old baby, Moses, was placed in reeds by the river bank (presumably the Nile ) to protect him from the Egyptian mandate to drown every male Hebrew child, and discovered there by Pharaoh's daughter.

A painting by Konstantin Flavitsky of Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses, who is in a basket. The ark of bulrushes was a container which, according to the episode known as the finding of Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus , carried the infant Moses. The ark, containing the three-month-old baby Moses, was placed in reeds by the river bank (presumably the Nile ) to protect him from the Egyptian mandate to drown every male Hebrew child, and discovered there by Pharaoh's daughter.

Container of the infant Moses A painting by Konstantin Flavitsky of Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses, who is in a basket. The ark of bulrushes ( ) was a container which, according to the episode known as the finding of Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus , carried the infant Moses. The ark, containing the three-month-old baby Moses, was placed in reeds by the river bank (presumably the Nile ) to protect him from the Egyptian mandate to drown every male Hebrew child, and discovered there by Pharaoh's daughter.

Container of the infant Moses A painting by Konstantin Flavitsky of Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses, who is in a basket. The ark of bulrushes ( Hebrew : תבת גמא , romanized : têḇaṯ gōme ) was a container which, according to the episode known as the finding of Moses in the biblical Book of Exodus , carried the infant Moses. The ark, containing the three-month-old baby Moses, was placed in reeds by the river bank (presumably the Nile ) to protect him from the Egyptian mandate to drown every male Hebrew child , and discovered there by Pharaoh's daughter.