The Egyptians made life hard for the Israelites. They forced the Israelites to work very hard making bricks and mortar. They also forced them to work hard in the fields. They forced them to work very hard in everything they did.
Exodus 1:15 - Easy To Read Version There were two nurses who helped the Israelite women give birth to children. They were named Shiphrah and Puah. The king of Egypt talked to the nurses. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, |
The Egyptians made life hard for the Israelites. They forced the Israelites to work very hard making bricks and mortar. They also forced them to work hard in the fields. They forced them to work very hard in everything they did.
The king said, “You will continue to help the Hebrew [2] women give birth to their children. If a girl baby is born, then let the baby live. But if the baby is a boy, then you must kill him!”
Jonah said to the men, “I am a Hebrew (Jew). And I worship the Lord, the God of heaven. He is the God who made the sea and the land.”
(Rahab said those things, but really, she had taken the men up to the roof, [2] and she was hiding them in the hay [3] she had piled up there.)