Come on, let us dealwiselywiththem; lesttheymultiply, and it come to pass, that, whentherefalleth out any war, theyjoinalsounto our enemies, and fightagainst us, and so get them up out of the land.
And theymadetheirlivesbitterwithhardbondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all theirservice, whereintheymadethemserve, was withrigour.
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrewwomen, and see themupon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shallkill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shalllive.
And the midwivessaiduntoPharaoh, Because the Hebrewwomen are not as the Egyptianwomen; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwivescome in untothem.