Exodus 1:20
And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
In Context
21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Cross References
Exodus 1:12But in the measure that they afflicted them, so they multiplied and so they spread out; and they felt abhorrence because of the children of Israel.
Psalms 61:5(61:6) For thou, O God, hast truly listened to my vows: thou hast given back the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Psalms 103:11For as high as heaven is above the earth, so mighty is his kindness toward those that fear him.
Psalms 145:19The desire of those who fear him will he fulfill, and their cry will he hear, and save them.
Proverbs 19:17He lendeth unto the Lord that is liberal to the poor, and his good deed will he repay unto him.
Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the righteous, that he hath done well; for the fruit of their doings shall they eat.
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 →