Exo 1:16 | TNotes | STEP | 1:16 watch as they deliver (literally look upon the two stones ): The Hebrew might refer to a birthstool or genitalia. • If the baby is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live: Such selective genocide would not completely deprive the Egyptians of a free labor source. When grown, the girls would be married to slaves from other people groups, effectively destroying Hebrew cohesion while keeping the supply of slaves as high as possible.

‏ Exodus 1:16

1:16 ^a watch as they deliver (literally look upon the two stones): The Hebrew might refer to a birthstool or genitalia.

• If the baby is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live: Such selective genocide would not completely deprive the Egyptians of a free labor source. When grown, the girls would be married to slaves from other people groups, effectively destroying Hebrew cohesion while keeping the supply of slaves as high as possible.