Exodus 1
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Exodus 1:16-22

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. 18And the kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 calledH7121 for the midwives, and saidH559 unto them, WhyH4069 have ye done this thingH1697, and have saved the men-children aliveH2421? 19And the midwives saidH559 unto PharaohH6547, Because the HebrewH5680 womenH802 are not as the EgyptianH4713 womenH802; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife comeH935 unto them. 20And GodH430 dealt wellH3190 with the midwives: and the peopleH5971 multipliedH7235, and waxed veryH3966 mighty. 21And it came to pass, because the midwives fearedH3372 GodH430, that he madeH6213 them householdsH1004. 22And PharaohH6547 charged all his peopleH5971, sayingH559, Every sonH1121 that is born ye shall castH7993 into the riverH2975, and every daughterH1323 ye shall save aliveH2421.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain