22Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.


In Context

19 They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skillful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.

20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.

21 And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.

22 Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

Exodus 1:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:22Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:22Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, but every daughter ye shall save alive.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:22Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, |You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:22and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, 'Every son who is born — into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.