Exodus 1:22
Then Pharaoh issued this order to all his people: “Throw every Hebrew boy that's born into the Nile, but let every girl live.”
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21Because the midwives revered God, he gave them families of their own.
Cross References
Genesis 41:1A full two years later, Pharaoh had a dream that he was standing beside the River Nile.
Exodus 2:6When she opened it she saw the baby boy. He was crying and she felt sorry for him. “This must be one of the Hebrew boys,” she said.
Psalms 105:25He made the Egyptians change their minds and hate his people and act deceptively towards them.
Proverbs 4:16Evil people won't rest until they've done something wrong; they can't sleep unless they've tripped someone up.
Acts 7:19He took advantage of our people and treated our ancestors badly, forcing them to abandon their babies so they would die.
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 →