Exodus 1:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

then he said - When ye act as midwives unto the Hebrew women, then shall ye look out for the sex, - If it is, a son, then shall ye kill it, But, if it is, a daughter, then shall it live.

And Yahweh said unto Moses, - Say unto Aaron - Take thy staff, and stretch forth thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams over their rivers, and over their pools and over all their collections of water - that they may become blood, - so shall there be blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.

He let them turn their heart - To hate his people, To deal treacherously with his servants;

For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.

For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief, - They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,

The cruelty of rage, and the overflow of anger! But who can stand before, jealousy?

The same, dealing craftily with our race, ill-treated our fathers, so as to cause their babes to be exposed, to the end they might not be suffered to live.

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

General references

and the Egyptians, badly entreated us, and humiliated us, - and put upon us harsh service;

In the multitude of a people, is the majesty of the king, but, in the ceasing of population, is the ruin of the prince.