Exodus 1:22

22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying , Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive .

Exodus 1:22 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 1:22

And Pharaoh charged all his people
Finding he could not carry his point with the midwives, he gave a general order to all his people everywhere:

saying, every son that is born ye shall cast into the river;
the river Nile; not every son born in his kingdom, for this would have ruined it in time; but that was born to the Jews, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; and it is added in the Septuagint version, to the Hebrews:

and every daughter ye shall save alive;
for the reasons given (See Gill on Exodus 1:16).

Exodus 1:22 In-Context

20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives : and the people multiplied , and waxed very mighty .

21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying , Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive .