Exodus 1:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Acts 7:19 : 19 This king dealt shrewdly with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, forcing them to expose their infants so that they might not live.
  • Rev 16:4-6 : 4 And the third angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, who are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
  • Gen 41:1 : 1 At the end of two full years, Pharaoh had a dream, and saw himself standing by the river.
  • Exod 1:16 : 16 And he said, When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools; if it is a son, then you shall kill him: but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.
  • Exod 7:19-21 : 19 And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your 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. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Ps 105:25 : 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal deceitfully with his servants.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, but who can stand before envy?

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  • Exod 1:15-21
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    86%

    15And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

    16And he said, When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools; if it is a son, then you shall kill him: but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

    17But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.

    18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the male children alive?

    19And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and give birth before the midwives come to them.

    20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

    21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.

  • Acts 7:19-21
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    19This king dealt shrewdly with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, forcing them to expose their infants so that they might not live.

    20At this time Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair, and was brought up in his father's house for three months;

    21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and brought him up as her own son.

  • Exod 2:2-10
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    2And the woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.

    3And when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, and coated it with tar and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it among the reeds by the river's edge.

    4And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

    5And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it.

    6And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. She had compassion on him and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

    7Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call a nurse from the Hebrew women for you, so she may nurse the child for you?

    8And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. So the girl went and called the child's mother.

    9Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages. So the woman took the child and nursed him.

    10And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, Because I pulled him out of the water.

  • Exod 13:15
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    15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

  • Exod 5:6
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    6And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people and their officers, saying,

  • Exod 11:5
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    5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

  • Exod 4:22-23
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    72%

    22And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn.

    23And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me, and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.

  • Heb 11:23
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    23By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's command.

  • Exod 12:29
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    29And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.

  • Exod 2:15
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    15When Pharaoh heard of this, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.

  • Exod 5:21
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    21And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge; because you have made our odor to be loathed in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.

  • Exod 9:20
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    20He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses.

  • Exod 14:5
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    5And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

  • Num 31:15
    70%

    15And Moses said to them, Have you kept all the women alive?

  • Exod 5:15
    70%

    15Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Why do you deal this way with your servants?

  • Exod 10:24
    70%

    24And Pharaoh called to Moses and said, Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back; let your little ones also go with you.

  • Num 33:4
    70%

    4For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them: the LORD also executed judgments upon their gods.