Exodus 1:20

God protected these midwives. The people increased in numbers and became very strong.

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. They are vigorous and have finished giving birth before a midwife comes to them.”

21Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:12But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites increased in numbers and spread. So the Egyptians began to dread the Israelites.

Psalms 61:5For you, God, have heard my vows, 1 you have given me the inheritance of those who honor your name. 1

Psalms 103:11For as the skies are high above the earth, 1 so great is his covenant faithfulness toward those who honor him. 1

Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desire of those who honor him; 1 he hears their cry and saves them. 1

Proverbs 19:17Whoever is kind to the poor lends to Yahweh 1 and he will repay him for what he has done. 1

Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous person that it will be well, for they will eat the fruit 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 →

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