Exodus 1:16

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Exodus 1:16 (WEB)
and he said, “When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.”

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Ephrem the Syrian

Ephrem the Syrian, Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 12
“Satan also who strangled the little ones that Moses might perish, murdered the little ones that the Living One might die.” — editor's note: Ex. i. 16.
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Tertullian

Tertullian, On Monogamy Chapter 16
“He will lead to them murderous midwives.” — editor's note: Comp. Ex. i. 8–16.
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Deuteronomy 32:39
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 12.
Song of Songs 2:3
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 12.
Matthew 12:15
Cited together in Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 12.

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PassageNineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh Hymn 12
PassageOn Monogamy Chapter 16

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