KJV 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.
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Exodus 1:22
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
WEB World English Bible
Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
ASV American Standard 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 1
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְצַ֣וH6680 · tsa.vahto commandפַּרְעֹ֔הH6547 · par.ohPharaohלְכָל־H3605 · kolallעַמּ֖וֹH5971 · ampeopleלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַבֵּ֣ןH1121 · benson: childהַיִּלּ֗וֹדH3209 · yil.lodbornהַיְאֹ֙רָה֙H2975 · ye.orNileתַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔הוּH7993 · sha.lakhto throwוְכָל־H3605 · kolallהַבַּ֖תH1323 · batdaughterתְּחַיּֽוּן׃ סH2421 · cha.yahto live
Cross-references
Acts 7:19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.Revelation 16:4-6And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.Exodus 1:16And 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.Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.Psalm 105:25He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.Genesis 41:1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.Exodus 7:19-21And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and [that] there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [vessels of] stone.Proverbs 27:4Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
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