Exodus 1:14-16
EasyEnglish Bible
14 The Israelites became very upset because of all the difficult work. They had to build houses with bricks and mortar.[a] They also did many different kinds of work in the fields. The Egyptians made the Israelites do all this difficult work.
15 There were two Israelite women who helped the other women when they were giving birth. These two women were called Shiphrah and Puah. The king of Egypt said to them, 16 ‘When you help the Israelite women at the birth of their children, this is what you must do. If she gives birth to a son, kill him. But if the child is a daughter, you may let her live.’
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- 1:14 ‘mortar’ is a mixture of sand and other materials used to fix bricks together.
Exodus 1:14-16
King James Version
14 And 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.
15 And 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:
16 And 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.
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