Exodus 1:14-16
International Standard Version
14 making their lives bitter through hard labor with mortar, bricks, and all kinds of outdoor labor. They ruthlessly imposed all this[a] work on them.
Pharaoh Orders Male Children Killed
15 Later, the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah. 16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth,” he said, “watch them as they deliver.[b] If it’s a son, kill him; but if it’s a daughter, let her live.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Exodus 1:14 Lit. their
- Exodus 1:16 Lit. them on the birth stool
Exodus 1:14-16
New King James Version
14 And they (A)made their lives bitter with hard bondage—(B)in mortar, in brick, and in all manner of service in the field. All their service in which they made them serve was with rigor.
15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the (C)Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; 16 and he said, “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a (D)son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”
Read full chapterCopyright © 1995-2014 by ISV Foundation. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. Used by permission of Davidson Press, LLC.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
