præcipiens eis: Quando obstetricabitis Hebræas, et partus tempus advenerit: si masculus fuerit, interficite eum: si femina, reservate.
Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.
Praecipie ad illos: quando obstetricor Hebraeis, et partu tempore advenie: si masculo es, interfice illo: si femina, reserva.