Exodus 1:16
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Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.

and see them.

312,

313. then ye shall.

Exodus 1:22 Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

Matthew 21:38 But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.

Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered: that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son.

Context
Oppression by a New King
15And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua, 16Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.17But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.…
Cross References
Acts 7:19
This same, dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.

Hebrews 11:23
By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents: because they saw he was a comely babe, and they feared not the king's edict.

Exodus 1:15
And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua,

Lexicon
“When you help the Hebrew
הָֽעִבְרִיּ֔וֹת (hā·‘iḇ·rî·yō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an Israelite

women give birth,
בְּיַלֶּדְכֶן֙ (bə·yal·leḏ·ḵen)
Preposition-b | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

observe
וּרְאִיתֶ֖ן (ū·rə·’î·ṯen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

them as
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

they deliver.
הָאָבְנָ֑יִם (hā·’ā·ḇə·nā·yim)
Article | Noun - md
Strong's Hebrew 70: A pair of stones, a potter's wheel, a midwife's stool

If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

[the child]
הוּא֙ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is a son,
בֵּ֥ן (bên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

kill
וַהֲמִתֶּ֣ן (wa·hă·mit·ten)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

him;
אֹת֔וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

but if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

it is
הִ֖יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

a daughter,
בַּ֥ת (baṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

let her live.”
וָחָֽיָה׃ (wā·ḥā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2425: To live, to revive


Additional Translations
“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”And he said, When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the stools; if it be a son, then you shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

And he said, When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.

and he said, When ye help the Hebrew women in bearing, and see [them] on the stool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if a daughter, then she shall live.

and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it shall be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it shall be a daughter, then she shall live.

and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."

and saith, 'When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it is a son -- then ye have put him to death; and if it is a daughter -- then she hath lived.'
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