"And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live."
Ex 1:15-16 (ASV)
Why did Pharaoh order the midwives to kill the males? If you want to annihilate a people you would kill the female babies and keep the males for your workforce/slaves. Pharaoh then is a precursor to Herod and Moses to Christ.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
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