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An Egyptian official announces a decree in a public courtyard as Hebrew parents draw their children close; no infant harm shown.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Exodus 1:22

A decree against the sons

A family becomes a people · Exodus 1

Story guide: Pharaoh extends the deadly command to his people.

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22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you must let live.”

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