Exodus 1:20

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19And 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,

21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made for them households.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:12But the more they were humiliating them, the more, were they multiplying, and, the more, were they breaking forth, so they were filled with alarm because of the sons of Israel.

Psalms 61:5For, thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast granted a possession, unto them who revere thy Name.

Psalms 103:11For, as the heavens are exalted over the earth, His lovingkindness hath prevailed over them who revere him;

Psalms 145:19The desire of them who revere him, will he fulfil, and, their cry, will he hear, and will save them.

Proverbs 19:17A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.

Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the righteous It is well! For the fruit of their doings, shall they eat:

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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