Exodus 1:21
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
In Context
20And God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:28Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid. For LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of LORD, and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days.
2 Samuel 7:27For thou, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house. Therefore thy servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to thee.
1 Kings 11:38And it shall be, if thou will hearken to all that I command thee, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did. That I will be with thee, and will
Psalms 112:1Praise ye LORD. Blessed is the man who fears LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.
Psalms 127:3Lo, sons are a heritage of LORD, [and] the fruit of the womb is [a] reward.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and prolongs his [days], yet surely I know that it shall be well with those who fear God, who fear before him.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 1:16-22
15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 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. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done… Read the whole commentary →