Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Exodus 1:16
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Berean Standard Bible
“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.”
American Standard Version
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.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Exodus 1
15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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