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.
The same dealt subtilly (or cunningly) with our kindred, and evil-entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, х ta (G3588) brefee (G1025) autoon (G846)] - 'their babes,' but the males only are meant.
To the end they might not live - (see Exodus 1:22) The martyrdom of these 'innocents' of Israel has been compared to that of the babes of Bethlehem.