Exodus 1:22 - Revised Standard Version CI

²² Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son born [to the Hebrews] you shall cast into the river [Nile], but every daughter you shall allow to live.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² 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.

Common English Bible

²² Then Pharaoh gave an order to all his people: “Throw every baby boy born to the Hebrews into the Nile River, but you can let all the girls live.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Therefore, Pharaoh instructed all his people, saying: "Whatever will be born of the male sex, cast it into the river; whatever will be born of the female sex, retain it."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

Exodus 1:22 Cross References

Genesis 41:1

After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,

Psalm 105:25

He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

Exodus 1:16

“When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”

Exodus 2:6

When she opened it she saw the child; and lo, the babe was crying. She took pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews' children.”

Proverbs 1:16

for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.

Acts 7:19

He dealt craftily with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, that they might not be kept alive.

Hebrews 11:23

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful; and they were not afraid of the king's edict.