And it came to pass, when Pharaoh refused to let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Hardened. Hebrew, "by himself "or by his own malice. (Worthington)