Exodus 1:21
And because ye midwiues feared God, therefore he made them houses.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
In Context
20God therefore prospered the midwiues, and the people multiplied and were very mightie.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:28I pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of thine handmaide: for the Lord will make my lorde a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battels of the Lord, and none euill hath bene found in thee in all thy life.
2 Samuel 7:27For thou, O Lord of hostes, God of Israel, hast reueiled vnto thy seruant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy seruant bene bold to pray this prayer vnto thee.
1 Kings 11:38And if thou hearken vnto all that I commande thee, and wilt walke in my wayes, and doe right in my sight, to keepe my statutes and my commandements, as Dauid my seruant did, then will I be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built vnto Dauid, and wil giue Israel vnto thee.
Psalms 112:1Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man, that feareth the Lord, and deliteth greatly in his commandements.
Psalms 127:3Beholde, children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruite of the wombe his rewarde.
Ecclesiastes 8:12Though a sinner doe euill an hundreth times, and God prolongeth his dayes, yet I knowe that it shalbe well with them that feare the Lord, and doe reuerence before him.
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 →