Exodus 1:20

And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.

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In The King James Version

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

In Context

19And they said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are strong, and the birth takes place before we come to them.

21And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:12But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

Psalms 61:5\61:4\I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

Psalms 103:11For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.

Psalms 145:19To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.

Proverbs 19:17He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

Isaiah 3:10Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways.

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 →

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