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Exodus 1:22
Exodus 1:22 is verse 22 of Exodus chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
SP, LXX, and Targum Yonaton; Hebrew does not include to the Hebrews.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
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Exodus 1:20–22 · Berean Standard Bible
20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
21 And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 1:16“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
Exodus 7:19And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
Exodus 7:20Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
Exodus 7:21The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
Psalms 105:25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.
Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Acts 7:19He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
Revelation 16:4And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.
Revelation 16:5And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
Revelation 16:6For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”