Exodus 1:16
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.
KJV
præcipiens eis : Quando obstetricabitis Hebræas, et partus tempus advenerit : si masculus fuerit, interficite eum : si femina, reservate.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Ὅταν μαιοῦσθε τὰς Ἐβραίας καὶ ὦσιν πρὸς τῷ τίκτειν, ἐὰν μὲν ἄρσεν ᾖ, ἀποκτείνατε αὐτό· ἐὰν δὲ θῆλυ, περιποιεῖσθε αὐτό.
LXX
and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר בְּ/יַלֶּדְ/כֶן֙ אֶת הָֽ/עִבְרִיּ֔וֹת וּ/רְאִיתֶ֖ן עַל הָ/אָבְנָ֑יִם אִם בֵּ֥ן הוּא֙ וַ/הֲמִתֶּ֣ן אֹת֔/וֹ וְ/אִם בַּ֥ת הִ֖יא וָ/חָֽיָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Typology
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was
- Exod 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.
- Exod 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.
- Heb 11:23 — By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.
- Ps 105:25 — He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.