Exodus 1:22
Pharaoh ordered all his people, “You must throw every son that is born into the river, but every daughter you will let live.”
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21Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
Cross References
Genesis 41:1It came about at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream. Behold, he stood by the Nile.
Exodus 2:6When she opened it, she saw the child. Behold, the baby was crying. She had compassion on him and said, “This is certainly one of the Hebrews' children.”
Psalms 105:25He caused their enemies to hate his people, 1 to mistreat his servants. 1
Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep until they do evil 1 and they are robbed of sleep until they cause someone to stumble. 1
Acts 7:19He deceived our people and forced our fathers to expose their newborn infants so they would not be kept alive.
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 →