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Exodus 1:15

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:

KJV

Dixit autem rex Ægypti obstetricibus Hebræorum, quarum una vocabatur Sephora, altera Phua,

Vulgate

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ταῖς μαίαις τῶν Ἐβραίων, τῇ μιᾷ αὐτῶν ᾗ ὄνομα Σεπφωρά, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τῆς δευτέρας Φουά·

LXX

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לַֽ/מְיַלְּדֹ֖ת הָֽ/עִבְרִיֹּ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽ/אַחַת֙ שִׁפְרָ֔ה וְ/שֵׁ֥ם הַ/שֵּׁנִ֖ית פּוּעָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עִבְרִ֔ים
'brym
noun · 34×
פּוּעָֽה
pv'h
proper_noun · 1×
שִׁפְרָ֔ה
shprh
proper_noun · 1×
שֵּׁנִ֔י
shny
noun · 157×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Josh 2:6 — But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.