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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exd 1:16 — 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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and see them
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"Or, rather, ""and ye see them by the stone-troughs;"" for so ovnayim, from aven, a stone, seems to signify (compare Exd 7:19), in which they washed the new-born infants. See this subject fully illustrated in Fragments to Calmet, Nos. 312, 313." |
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then ye shall
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Exd 1:22; Mat 21:38; Rev 12:4 |
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Exd 7:19 |
And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and [that] there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [vessels of] stone. |
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Exd 1:22 |
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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Mat 21:38 |
But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. |
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Rev 12:4 |
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 1:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Exd/1/16.html>.
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