Two years later, Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River.
Exodus 1:22 - Easy To Read Version So Pharaoh [5] gave this command to his own people: “Let all the girl babies live. But every time a {Hebrew} boy baby is born, you must throw him into the Nile River.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
Two years later, Pharaoh had a dream. He dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River.
So the Egyptians began to hate\par Jacob’s family.\par They made plans against their slaves.\par
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!”
The king’s daughter opened the basket and saw a baby boy. The baby was crying and she felt sorry for it. Then she noticed that it was one of the Hebrew [7] babies.
Those bad people race to do bad things. They are in a hurry to kill someone!
Anger is cruel and mean. It causes destruction. But jealousy is much worse.
Bad people can’t sleep until they do something wrong. Those people can’t sleep until they hurt some other person.
This king tricked (deceived) our people. He was bad to our ancestors. The king made them put their children outside to die.
And the mother and father of Moses hid Moses for three months after he was born. They did this because they had faith. They saw that Moses was a beautiful baby. And they were not afraid to disobey the king’s (Pharaoh’s) order.