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.

When you are looking after the Hebrew women in childbirth, if it is a son you are to put him to death; but if it is a daughter, she may go on living.

και ειπεν, Οταν μαιευητε τας Εβραιας και ιδητε αυτας επι της γεννας, εαν μεν ηναι αρσενικον, θανατονετε αυτο· εαν δε ηναι θηλυκον, τοτε ας ζηση.

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.