◄ Exodus 1:15 ►
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Good News Translation
Then the king of Egypt spoke to Shiphrah and Puah, the two midwives who helped the Hebrew women.

New Revised Standard Version
The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,

Contemporary English Version
Finally, the king called in Shiphrah and Puah, the two women who helped the Hebrew mothers when they gave birth.

New American Bible
The king of Egypt told the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was called Shiphrah and the other Puah,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Context
Oppression by a New King
…14And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth. 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.…
Cross References
Exodus 1:14
And they made their life bitter with hard works in clay and brick, and with all manner of service, wherewith they were overcharged in the works of the earth.

Exodus 1:16
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.

Jonah 1:9
And they said to him: Tell us for what cause this evil is upon us, what is thy business? of what country art thou? and whither goest thou? or of what people art thou?

Exodus 1:14
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