Exodus 1:21
And as the midwives feared God, they established for themselves families.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
In Context
20And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:28Remove, I pray you, the trespass of your servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in you.
2 Samuel 7:27Almighty Lord God of Israel, you have uncovered the ear of your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
1 Kings 11:38-39 And it shall come to pass, if you will keep all the commandments that I shall give you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right before me, to keep my ordinances and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built to David.
Psalms 112:1Praise the Lord, you⌃ servants of his, praise, the name of the Lord. 1
Psalms 127:3Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of your house: your children as young olive-plants round about your table. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:12He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him:
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 →