Exodus 1:22

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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.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.”

In other translations

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.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.”

Hebrew words

וַיְצַוvaytzavand he commandedH6680פַּרְעֹהpar'ohPharaohH6547לְכָל־lekholto allH3605עַמּוֹamopeople hisH5971לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559כָּל־kol-everyH3605הַבֵּןhaben<the> sonH1121הַיִּלּוֹדhaiyilod<the> bornH3209הַיְאֹרָהhay'orahthe River towardsH2975תַּשְׁלִיכֻהוּtashlikhuhuyou will throw himH7993וְכָל־vekholand everyH3605הַבַּתhabat<the> daughterH1323תְּחַיּוּן׃ סtechaiyunyou will let live !H2421

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

People and places

People: Pharaoh (Exodus 1)

Places: Nile

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