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Exodus 1:22

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.”

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְצַ֣וvay.Tzavand he commandedH6680 →
פַּרְעֹ֔הpar.'OhPharaohH6547 →
לְכָל־le.kholto allH3605 →
עַמּ֖וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
הַבֵּ֣ןha.Ben<the> sonH1121 →
הַיִּלּ֗וֹדhai.yi.Lod<the> bornH3209 →
הַיְאֹ֙רָה֙hay.'O.rahthe River towardsH2975 →
תַּשְׁלִיכֻ֔הוּtash.li.Khu.huyou will throw himH7993 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
הַבַּ֖תha.Bat<the> daughterH1323 →
תְּחַיּֽוּן׃ סte.chai.Yunyou will let live !H2421 →

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Matthew 2:13When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”Hebrews 11:23By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.Exodus 2:3But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.Acts 7:19He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.Exodus 3:9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them.Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.Psalms 129:1Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—Proverbs 28:15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.Ezekiel 16:5No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.Revelation 16:4–6And the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they turned to blood.Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.Psalms 105:25whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.Exodus 1:16“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.”Proverbs 14:28A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?Genesis 41:1After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,Exodus 7:19–21And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

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The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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