and made their lives bitter with hard labor with mortar and brick, doing all sorts of work in the fields. In all their labors they worked them with cruelty.
Exodus 1:15 - Tree of Life Version Moreover the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 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, |
and made their lives bitter with hard labor with mortar and brick, doing all sorts of work in the fields. In all their labors they worked them with cruelty.
and said, “When you help the Hebrew women during childbirth, look at the sex. If it’s a son, then kill him, but if it’s a daughter, she may live.”
He said to them, “I am a Hebrew and I fear Adonai God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax that she had spread out on the roof.