Exodus 1:22 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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

And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

Psalm 105:25

He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtilly with his servants.

Exodus 1:16

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.

Exodus 2:6

And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion 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, and anger is outrageous; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Proverbs 4:16

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Acts 7:19

The same dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

Hebrews 11:23

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