1. There was a man from the family of Levi who decided to marry a woman from the tribe of Levi.
2. She became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. The mother saw how beautiful the baby was and hid him for three months.
3. She hid him for as long as she could. After three months she made a basket and covered it with tar so that it would float. Then she put the baby in the basket and put the basket in the river in the tall grass.