Exodus 1:22

and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, 'Every son who is born — into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

In Context

21and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

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Cross References

Genesis 41:1And it cometh to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and lo, he is standing by the River,

Exodus 2:6and openeth, and seeth him — the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is [one] of the Hebrews' children.'

Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate His people, To conspire against His servants.

Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not [some] to stumble.

Acts 7:19this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 1:16-22

15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done… Read the whole commentary →

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