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La Bibbia di Giovanni Diodati

Esodo 1:18

E il re di Egitto chiamò le levatrici, e disse loro: Perchè avete voi fatto questo, di lasciar vivere i fanciulli?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Integrity;   Israel;   Midwifery;   Oppression;   Servant;   Usurpation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lie;   Pharaoh;   Puah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Birth;   Shiphrah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Midwife;   Nuzi;   Shiphrah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sacrifice;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Midwives;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Puah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ex'odus;   Shiph'rah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Enslavement, the;   Encampment at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the;   Midwife;   Puah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Astrology;   Salvation;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Riveduta Bibbia
Allora il re d’Egitto chiamò le levatrici, e disse loro: "Perché avete fatto questo, e avete lasciato vivere i maschi?"
La Nuova Diodati
Allora il re dEgitto chiam le levatrici e disse loro: "Perch avete fatto questo e avete lasciato in vita i bambini maschi?".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Why have: 2 Samuel 13:28, Ecclesiastes 8:4

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king called for the midwives,.... Perceiving, by the increase of the Israelites, that they did not obey his commands:

and said unto them, why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? not only did not kill them, but did everything for them that was necessary for their future preservation and health; see

Ezekiel 16:4.


 
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