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Exodus 1:22 KJV
Exodus · chapter 1 · verse 22
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.Exodus 1:22 · King James Version
Exodus 1:22 in context
20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- PharaohParʻôhParoh, a general title of Egyptian kingsH6547 →
- chargedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- riveryᵉʼôra channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaftH2975 →
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The Egyptians' indignation at Israel's increase, notwithstanding the many hardships they put upon them, drove them at length to the most barbarous and inhuman methods of suppressing them, by the murder of their children.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22