Exodus 1:22
and Pharaoh lays a charge on all his people, saying, “Every son who is born—you cast him into the River, and every daughter you keep alive.”
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21and it comes to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He makes households for them;
Cross References
Genesis 41:1And it comes to pass, at the end of two years of days that Pharaoh is dreaming, and behold, he is standing by the River,
Exodus 2:6and opens, and sees him—the boy, and behold, a child weeping! And she has pity on him and says, “This is [one] of the Hebrews’ children.”
Psalms 105:25He turned their heart to hate His people, || To conspire against His servants.
Proverbs 4:16For they do not sleep if they do no evil, || And their sleep has been taken away violently, || If they do not cause [some] to stumble.
Acts 7:19this one, having dealt subtly with our family, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babies, that they might not live;
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 →