a son. Moses was the seventh from Abraham, Abraham the seventh from Heber, Enoch the seventh from Adam. Miriam already born (Exodus 2:4; Numbers 26:59). Also Aaron (Exodus 7:7).
goodly. Hebrew. tov. Septuagint and Acts 7:20; Hebrews 11:23. asteios to Theo, "beautiful to God". divinely fair.
hid him. This was "by faith" (Hebrews 11:23). Therefore she must have "heard. "from God (Romans 10:17 and Hebrews 11:7), or it would have been through affection or fancy. All the steps taken (verses: Exodus 2:2-4)were the result of believing what she had heard from God.