Mister Page was a wealthy man who became very interested in the scientific work being done at the tar pits.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

He is born into a Levite family. The Levites will be priests in Israel, so he's born to a priestly family. He's hidden away for three months, and then he's placed in a wicker basket, which is lined with bitumen, a tar, and set among the bulrushes at the edge of the Nile River.

他出生于利未家庭，利未人都将在以色列做牧师，他出生于一个牧师家庭，他被藏了三个月，后来他被放在蒲草篮子中，上面涂了石漆和石油，搁在了尼罗河畔的芦荻中。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

placed in a basket lined with tar, put in the river, and so on.

他也被装在一个涂了柏油的篮子里，放在河边等等。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Tar is a substance produced when tobacco leaves are burned.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

Researchers place a big block of tar into the machine.

VOA: special.2010.04.07