Verse 22

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 7:19 : 19 This king dealt deceitfully with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to abandon their infants, so they would not survive.
  • Rev 16:4-6 : 4 The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. 5 Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, 'You are righteous, Lord, the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, because you have judged these things.' 6 For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.
  • Gen 41:1 : 1 After two full years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile.
  • Exod 1:16 : 16 "When you help the Hebrew women give birth and observe them on the birthing stools, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
  • Exod 7:19-21 : 19 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers, canals, ponds, and all their reservoirs—and they will turn to blood. There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.'" 20 Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had commanded. Aaron raised his staff and struck the water of the Nile in the sight of Pharaoh and his officials, and all the water in the river was turned into blood. 21 The fish in the Nile died, the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water, and blood was everywhere in Egypt.
  • Ps 105:25 : 25 He turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is a flood, but who can stand before jealousy?