Exodus 1:19

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh. Because not like the Egyptian women, are the Hebrew women, for they are full of life, ere yet the midwife can come in unto them, they have given birth,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

18Then called the king of Egypt for the midwives, and said to them—Wherefore have ye done this thing, that ye should let the male children live?

20So then God dealt well with the midwives,—and the people multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty.

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Cross References

Joshua 2:4And the woman took the two men and hid them,—and said: Even so, the men did come in unto me, but I knew not from whence they were;

2 Samuel 17:19and the woman took and spread the cover over the face of the well, and spread thereon her pounded corn,—so 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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