Exodus 1
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Exodus 1:13-17

13And the EgyptiansH4713 made the children of IsraelH3478 to serveH5647 with rigor: 14and they made their livesH2416 bitterH4843 with hardH7186 serviceH5656, in mortar and in brickH3843, and in all manner of serviceH5656 in the fieldH7704, all their serviceH5656, wherein they made them serveH5647 with rigor.

15And the kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 spake to the HebrewH5680 midwives, of whom the nameH8034 of the oneH259 was Shiphrah, and the nameH8034 of the other Puah: 16and he saidH559, When ye do the office of a midwife to the HebrewH5680 women, and seeH7200 them upon the birth-stool; if it be a sonH1121, then ye shall killH4191 him; but if it be a daughterH1323, then she shall live. 17But the midwives fearedH3372 GodH430, and did not as the kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 commanded them, but saved the men-children aliveH2421.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain