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


In Context

19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, |Because the Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them.|

20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

21 It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.

22 Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, |You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:22Pharao 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.

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 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.