and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.
Exodus 1:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom one was named Shiprah and the other Puah, American Standard Version (1901) And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: Common English Bible The king of Egypt spoke to two Hebrew midwives named Shiphrah and Puah: Catholic Public Domain Version Then the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews, (one of whom one was called Shiphrah, another Puah) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews, of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua, |
and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.
and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.