Verse 16

And sayde, When ye doe the office of a midwife to the women of the Ebrewes, and see them on their stooles, if it be a sonne, then yee shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then let her liue.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 1:22 : 22 Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Euery man childe that is borne, cast yee into the riuer, but reserue euery maide childe aliue.
• Matt 21:38 : 38 But when the husbandmen saw the sonne, they saide among themselues, This is the heire: come, let vs kil him, & let vs take his inheritance.
• Rev 12:4 : 4 And his taile drew the thirde part of the starres of heauen, and cast them to the earth; the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be deliuered, to deuoure her childe, when shee had brought it foorth.