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21 And because the midwives feared God [with profound reverence], [a]He established families and households for them. 22 Then [b]Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born [to the Hebrews] must be thrown into the Nile, but every daughter you shall keep alive.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:21 Lit made them houses.
  2. Exodus 1:22 If the early date of the exodus (1446 b.c.) is acknowledged, as most conservative scholars hold, then this pharaoh is likely Thutmose I (1525-1512 b.c.).

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