Exodus 1:16

KJV

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.

— Exodus 1:16, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Exodus Chapter 1 connects to 3 cross-references. A new Pharaoh who does not remember Joseph oppresses the rapidly multiplying Israelites with forced labor, making them build the store cities of Pithom and Raamses. Pharaoh orders the Hebrew midwives Shiphrah and Puah to kill male newborns; they fear …

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ASV

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.

YLT

and saith, `When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it <FI>is<Fi> a son--then ye have put him to death; and if it <FI>is<Fi> a daughter--then she hath lived.'

BBE

When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

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