Exodus 1:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,”

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BSBPD

“Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one <FI>is<Fi> Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 1:15 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 2:6(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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