Verse 22
Exodus 1:22
World Messianic Bible
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Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְצַ֣ו פַּרְעֹ֔ה לְ/כָל עַמּ֖/וֹ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר כָּל הַ/בֵּ֣ן הַ/יִּלּ֗וֹד הַ/יְאֹ֨רָ/ה֙ תַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔/הוּ וְ/כָל הַ/בַּ֖ת תְּחַיּֽוּ/ן
English Translation
And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every boy that is born you shall throw into the river, and every girl you shall keep alive."
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Chapter 1 Context
1
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came...
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2
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
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Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
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Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
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5
All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already.
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6
Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation.
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7
The children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and grew exceedingly...
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8
Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.
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9
He said to his people, “Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we.
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10
Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out,...
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11
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage citi...
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12
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They were g...
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13
The Egyptians ruthlessly made the children of Israel serve,
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14
and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of serv...
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15
The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the na...
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16
and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth...
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17
But the midwives feared God (Elohim), and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved...
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18
The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and have...
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19
The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are...
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20
God (Elohim) dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
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21
Because the midwives feared God (Elohim), he gave them families.
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22
Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and...