Exodus 1:22
Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“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
What Does Exodus 1:22 Mean?
Exodus 1:22 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 1, verse 22 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Exodus 1:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 2:13“And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”Hebrews 11:23“By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.”Exodus 2:3“And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.”Exodus 3:9“Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.”Acts 7:19“The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.”Exodus 1:16“And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.”Psalms 129:1“Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:”Proverbs 1:16“For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.”Proverbs 28:15“As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.”Ecclesiastes 4:1“So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.”Ezekiel 16:5“None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.”Genesis 41:1“And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.”Psalms 105:25“He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.”Proverbs 4:16“For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.”Proverbs 14:28“In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.”Revelation 16:4“And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.”Exodus 4:9“And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.”Exodus 7:17“Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.”Exodus 7:19“And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.”Exodus 14:26“And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.”
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