Exodus 1:21

And it came to pass, because the meyalledot feared HaElohim, that He established them batim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

In Context

20Therefore Elohim dealt well with the meyalledot; and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.

22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every ben that is born ye shall cast into the Nile, and every bat ye shall save alive.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:28Forgive now the peysha of thine handmaid; for Hashem will certainly make adoni a bais ne'eman; because adoni fighteth the milchamot of Hashem, and ra'ah hath not been found in thee all thy yamim.

2 Samuel 7:27For Thou, Hashem Tzva'os Elohei Yisroel, hast revealed to ozen Avdecha, saying, I will build thee a Bais; therefore hath Avdecha found in his lev to pray this tefillah unto Thee.

1 Kings 11:38And it shall be, if thou wilt pay heed unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in My ways, and do that is yashar in My sight, to be shomer over My chukkot and My mitzvot, as Dovid Avdi did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a bais ne'eman (enduring dynasty) as I built for Dovid, and will give Yisroel unto thee.

Psalms 112:1Praise Hashem. 1 Ashrei is the ish that feareth Hashem, 1 that delighteth greatly in His mitzvot. 1

Psalms 127:3Hinei, banim are nachalat Hashem; 1 and the p'ri habeten is a zachar (reward). 1

Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a choteh do rah an hundred times, and his yamim be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear HaElohim, which fear before Hashem;

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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