Exodus 1:19

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

Leeser Tanakh

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 for the midwives, and he said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?

20And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:4But the woman had taken the two men, and hidden them; and she said, It is true, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were.

2 Samuel 17:19And the wife took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and scattered ground corn thereupon; so that nothing was perceived.

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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