Exodus 1:19

And the midwives said to Pharao, The Hebrew women are not as the women of Egypt, for they are delivered before the midwives go in to them. So they bore children.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

In Context

18And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?

20And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:4And the woman took the two men and hid them; and she spoke to + 2:4 Gr. them.the messengers, saying, The men came in to me,

2 Samuel 17:19And a woman took a covering, and spread it over the mouth of the well, and + 17:19 See Num. 11. 32; Jer. 8. 2.spread out ground corn upon it to dry, and the thing was not known.

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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