Font Size
Exodus 1:21-22
New King James Version
Exodus 1:21-22
New King James Version
21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, (A)that He [a]provided households for them.
22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, (B)“Every son who is [b]born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Exodus 1:21 gave them families
- Exodus 1:22 Sam., LXX, Tg. add to the Hebrews
Exodus 1:21-22
New International Version
Exodus 1:21-22
New International Version
21 And because the midwives feared(A) God, he gave them families(B) of their own.
22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile,(C) but let every girl live.”(D)
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.