Exodus 1:15
King James Version
Translation: KJV
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13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:Select Exodus 1:13
14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.Select Exodus 1:14
15And 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:Select Exodus 1:15
16And 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.Select Exodus 1:16
17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.Select Exodus 1:17
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WEB
1:15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
ASV
1:15 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:
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