Exodus 1:19

The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”

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In The King James Version

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

In Context

18The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”

20God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:4The woman took the two men and hid them. Then she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I didn’t know where they came from.

2 Samuel 17:19The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.

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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