Exodus 1:20

God therefore prospered the midwiues, and the people multiplied and were very mightie.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And the midwiues answered Pharaoh, Because the Ebrewe women are not as the women of Egypt: for they are liuely, and are deliuered yer the midwife come at them.

21And because ye midwiues feared God, therefore he made them houses.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:12But the more they vexed them, the more they multiplied and grewe: therefore they were more grieued against the children of Israel.

Psalms 61:5For thou, O God, hast heard my desires: thou hast giuen an heritage vnto those that feare thy Name.

Psalms 103:11For as high as the heauen is aboue ye earth, so great is his mercie toward them that feare him.

Psalms 145:19He wil fulfill the desire of them that feare him: he also wil heare their cry, and wil saue them.

Proverbs 19:17He that hath mercy vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and the Lord will recompense him that which he hath giuen.

Isaiah 3:10Say ye, Surely it shalbe well with the iust: for they shall eate the fruite of their workes.

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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