What does Exodus 2:4 Mean?

Context Summary

When matters had reached their worst in respect to Israel's condition, God was preparing a deliverer. The child was more than ordinarily beautiful, Acts 7:20. His parents hid him by faith, Hebrews 11:23. Perhaps they had received a special revelation of his great future, on the strength of which they became strong to resist the royal command. They launched the ark, not on the Nile only, but on God's Providence. He would be captain, steersman, and convoy of the tiny bark. Miriam stood to watch. There was no fear of fatal consequences, only the quiet expectancy that God would do something worthy of Himself. They reckoned on God's faithfulness, and they were amply rewarded, when the daughter of their greatest foe became the babe's patroness. See Psalms 76:10. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 2

¹  Moses is born, and placed in a basket in the reeds of Nile
⁵  He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter;
⁷  who employs his mother to nurse him
¹¹  He kills an Egyptian
¹³  He reproves a Hebrew
¹⁵  He flees into Midian, and marries Zipporah
²²  Gershom is born
²³  God respects the Israelites' cry