Exodus 1:16 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁶ and he said, *When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.*

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, she shall live.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “When you are helping the Hebrew women give birth and you see the baby being born, if it’s a boy, kill him. But if it’s a girl, you can let her live.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ instructing them: "When you will act as a midwife to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery has arrived: if it is male, put it to death; if it is female, retain it."

Exodus 1:16 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 105:25

He turned their heart to hate his people, to conspire against his servants.

Exodus 1:15

The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shifrah, and the name of the other Pu`ah,

Exodus 1:22

Par`oh charged all his people, saying, *You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.*

Matthew 21:38

But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'

Acts 7:19

The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.

Hebrews 11:23

By faith, Moshe, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's mitzvah.

Revelation 12:4

His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.