Exodus 1:20
וַיֵּיטֶב אֱלֹהִים לַֽמְיַלְּדֹת וַיִּרֶב הָעָם וַיַּֽעַצְמוּ מְאֹֽד ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
In Context
21וַיְהִי כִּֽי ־ יָֽרְאוּ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת אֶת ־ הָאֱלֹהִים וַיַּעַשׂ לָהֶם בָּתִּֽים ׃
Cross References
Exodus 1:12וְכַאֲשֶׁר יְעַנּוּ אֹתוֹ כֵּן יִרְבֶּה וְכֵן יִפְרֹץ וַיָּקֻצוּ מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃
Psalms 61:5אָגוּרָה בְאָהָלְךָ עוֹלָמִים אֶֽחֱסֶה בְסֵתֶר כְּנָפֶיךָ סֶּֽלָה ׃
Psalms 103:11כִּי כִגְבֹהַּ שָׁמַיִם עַל ־ הָאָרֶץ גָּבַר חַסְדּוֹ עַל ־ יְרֵאָֽיו ׃
Psalms 145:19רְצוֹן ־ יְרֵאָיו יַעֲשֶׂה וְֽאֶת ־ שַׁוְעָתָם יִשְׁמַע וְיוֹשִׁיעֵֽם ׃
Proverbs 19:17מַלְוֵה יְהוָה חוֹנֵֽן דָּל וּגְמֻלוֹ יְשַׁלֶּם ־ לֽוֹ ׃
Isaiah 3:10אִמְרוּ צַדִּיק כִּי ־ טוֹב כִּֽי ־ פְרִי מַעַלְלֵיהֶם יֹאכֵֽלוּ ׃
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 →