Exodus 1:22

Bible in Basic English 1965

And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

Cross References

Genesis 41:1

Now after two years had gone by, Pharaoh had a dream; and in his dream he was by the side of the Nile;

Psalm 105:25

Their hearts were turned to hate against his people, so that they made secret designs against them.

Exodus 1:16

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.

Exodus 2:6

And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

Proverbs 4:16

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

Acts 7:19

He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.

Hebrews 11:23

By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.