Exodus 1:20

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skillful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.

21And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:12But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased:

Psalms 61:5In thy tabernacle I shall dwell for ever: I shall be protected under the covert of thy wings.

Psalms 103:11For according to the height of the heaven above the earth: he hath strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.

Proverbs 19:17He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.

Isaiah 3:10Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.

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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