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Exodus 1:15

NETBible	The king of Egypt said¹ to the Hebrew midwives,² one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,³
NIV © biblegateway Exo 1:15	The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
NASB © biblegateway Exo 1:15	Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other was named Puah;
NLT © biblegateway Exo 1:15	Then Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, gave this order to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah:
MSG © biblegateway Exo 1:15	The king of Egypt had a talk with the two Hebrew midwives; one was named Shiphrah and the other Puah.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 1:15	And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew women who gave help at the time of childbirth (the name of the one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah),
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 1:15	The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 1:15	Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah;
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KJV	And the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> spake <0559> (8799) to the Hebrew <05680> midwives <03205> (8764)_, of which the name <08034> of the one <0259> [was] Shiphrah <08236>_, and the name <08034> of the other <08145> Puah <06326>_:
NASB © biblegateway Exo 1:15	Then the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> spoke <0559> to the Hebrew <05680> midwives <03205> , one <0259> of whom <0834> was named <08034> Shiphrah <08236> and the other <08145> was named <08034> Puah <06326> ;
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} o <3588> T-NSM basileuv <935> N-NSM twn <3588> T-GPM aiguptiwn <124> N-GPM taiv <3588> T-DPF maiaiv {N-DPF} twn <3588> T-GPM ebraiwn <1445> N-GPM th <3588> T-DSF mia <1519> A-DSF autwn <846> D-GPM h <3739> R-DSF onoma <3686> N-NSN sepfwra {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ to <3588> T-NSN onoma <3686> N-NSN thv <3588> T-GSF deuterav <1208> A-GSF foua {N-PRI}
NET [draft] ITL	The king <04428> of Egypt <04714> said <0559> to the Hebrew <05680> midwives <03205> , one <0259> of whom <0834> was named <08034> Shiphrah <08236> and the other <08145> Puah <06326> ,
HEBREW	hewp <06326> tynsh <08145> Msw <08034> hrps <08236> txah <0259> Ms <08034> rsa <0834> tyrbeh <05680> tdlyml <03205> Myrum <04714> Klm <04428> rmayw (1:15) <0559>

NETBible

The king of Egypt said¹ to the Hebrew midwives,² one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “and the king of Egypt said.”

²sn The word for “midwife” is simply the Piel participle of the verb יָלַד (yalad, “to give birth”). So these were women who assisted in the childbirth process. It seems probable that given the number of the Israelites in the passage, these two women could not have been the only Hebrew midwives, but they may have been over the midwives (Rashi). Moreover, the LXX and Vulgate do not take “Hebrew” as an adjective, but as a genitive after the construct, yielding “midwives of/over the Hebrews.” This leaves open the possibility that these women were not Hebrews. This would solve the question of how the king ever expected Hebrew midwives to kill Hebrew children. And yet, the two women have Hebrew names.

³tn Heb “who the name of the first [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the second [was] Puah.”