Exodus 1:20
Therefore Elohim dealt well with the meyalledot; and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 meyalledot feared HaElohim, that He established them batim.
Cross References
Exodus 1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and spread out. And they were in dread because of the Bnei Yisroel.
Psalms 61:5I will abide in Thy ohel forever; 1 I will take refuge in the covert of Thy wings. 1 Selah 1
Psalms 103:11For as Shomayim is high above ha'aretz, 1 so great is His chesed toward them that fear Him. 1
Psalms 145:19[Resh] He will fulfil the ratzon of them that fear Him; 1 He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 1
Proverbs 19:17He that hath compassion on the dal (poor) lendeth unto Hashem; 1 and for his benefits He will repay him. 1
Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the tzaddik, that it shall be tov with him; 1 for they shall eat the p'ri of their deeds. 1
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 →