Exodus 1:22

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Summary

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.

Every son

General references

Deuteronomy 26:6

Proverbs 14:28

Bible References

Every son

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.

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.

For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters; and it became blood.

General references

And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

In the multitude of people is the king's glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.