Exodus 1:19

And the midwives say to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; before the midwife comes to them—they have borne!”

Literal Standard Version

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 calls for the midwives and says to them, “Why have you done this thing, and keep the boys alive?”

20And God does good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

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Cross References

Joshua 2:4And the woman takes the two men, and hides them, and says thus: “The men came to me, and I have not known where they [are] from;

2 Samuel 17:19and the woman takes and spreads the covering over the face of the well, and spreads the ground grain on it, and the thing has not been 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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