Exodus 1:21
Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
In Context
20So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the Hebrew people became even more numerous and strong.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:28Please forgive me if I have done anything wrong to you. Yahweh will surely reward you by allowing many of your descendants to become kings of Israel, because you are fighting the battles that Yahweh wants you to fight. And I know that throughout all your life you have not done anything wrong.
2 Samuel 7:27“Yahweh Almighty, the God whom we Israeli people worship, you have revealed to me that you will make some of my descendants kings. For that reason, I have been brave enough to pray like this to you.
1 Kings 11:38If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you die, like I promised to do for David.
Psalms 112:1Praise Yahweh! ◄Happy are/He is pleased with► those who revere him, those who happily obey his commands.
Psalms 127:3Children are a gift that comes to parents from Yahweh; they are a reward/blessing from him.
Ecclesiastes 8:12But even if sinful people commit 100 crimes, and even if they live for a long time, I know that things will go better for those who greatly respect and revere God.
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 →