16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver.[a] If the child is a son, kill him, but if it’s a daughter, she may live.”

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  1. Exodus 1:16 Lit birth, look at the stones

16 “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.”(A)

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22 Pharaoh then commanded all his people: “You must throw every son born to the Hebrews[a] into the Nile, but let every daughter live.”(A)

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  1. Exodus 1:22 Sam, LXX, Tg; MT omits to the Hebrews

22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile,(A) but let every girl live.”(B)

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The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son; when she saw that he was beautiful,[a] she hid him for three months.(A)

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  1. Exodus 2:2 Or healthy

and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine(A) child, she hid him for three months.(B)

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