Exodus 1:20

And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

In Context

19And the midwives said to Pharaoh, The Hebrew women are not as the women of Egypt, for they are delivered before the midwives go in to them. So they bore children.

21And as the midwives feared God, they established for themselves families.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:12But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel.

Psalms 61:5They only took counsel to set at nought mine honor: 1 I ran in thirst: 1 With their mouth they blessed, but with their heart they cursed. Pause. 1

Psalms 103:11They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: 1 The wild asses shall take of them to quench their thirst. 1

Proverbs 19:17He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; 1 And he will recompense to him according to his gift. 1

Isaiah 3:10Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works.

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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