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stools

Meaning of “stools”

Seats or supports used during childbirth.

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First occurrence: Exodus 1:16

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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.
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1611 witness · Exodus 1:16 · retained source text

And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew-women, and see them vpon the stooles, if it be a sonne, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then shee shall liue.

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