¹⁹This man deceitfully took advantage of our^* people and^* mistreated our ancestors, causing them to abandon their infants^g so that they would not be kept alive.

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Footnotes

*Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“deceitfully took advantage of”) has been translated as a finite verb
gLiterally “making their infants be abandoned”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them abandon their infants outside so that they wouldn’t survive.

NLTNew Living Translation

This king exploited our people and oppressed them, forcing parents to abandon their newborn babies so they would die.

KJV 1900King James Version

The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

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