Exodus 1:22
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Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

A.

2431. B.C.

1573. Every son.

Exodus 1:16 Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.

Exodus 7:19-21 The Lord also said to Moses: Say to Aaron, Take thy rod; and stretch forth thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, and upon their rivers, and streams and pools, and all the ponds of waters, that they may be turned into blood: and let blood be in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone. . . .

Psalm 105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people: and to deal deceitfully with his servants.

Proverbs 1:16 But a net is spread in vain before the eyes of them that have wings.

Proverbs 4:16 They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.

Proverbs 27:4 Anger hath no mercy: nor fury, when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

Acts 7:19 This same, dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.

Revelation 16:4-6 And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers and the fountains of waters. And there was made blood. . . .

Context
Oppression by a New King
21And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses. 22Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.
Cross References
Acts 7:19
This same, dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.

Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents: because they saw he was a comely babe, and they feared not the king's edict.

Genesis 41:1
After two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood by the river,

Lexicon
Then Pharaoh
פַּרְעֹ֔ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

commanded
וַיְצַ֣ו (way·ṣaw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

his people:
עַמּ֖וֹ (‘am·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

“Every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

son
הַבֵּ֣ן (hab·bên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

born [to the Hebrews]
הַיִּלּ֗וֹד (hay·yil·lō·wḏ)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3209: Born

you must throw
תַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔הוּ (taš·lî·ḵu·hū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7993: To throw out, down, away

into the Nile,
הַיְאֹ֙רָה֙ (hay·’ō·rāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2975: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris

but every
וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

daughter
הַבַּ֖ת (hab·baṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

you may allow to live.”
תְּחַיּֽוּן׃ (tə·ḥay·yūn)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 2421: To live, to revive


Additional Translations
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.

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.

And Pharao charged all his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.

Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.

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.

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.

Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."

and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, 'Every son who is born -- into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'
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