Exodus 1:20

And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

Young's Literal Translation

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 say unto Pharaoh, 'Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for they [are] lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them — they have borne!'

21and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

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Cross References

Exodus 1:12and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

Psalms 61:5For Thou, O God, hast hearkened to my vows, Thou hast appointed the inheritance Of those fearing Thy name.

Psalms 103:11For, as the height of the heavens [is] above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.

Psalms 145:19The desire of those fearing Him He doth, And their cry He heareth, and saveth them.

Proverbs 19:17Whoso is lending [to] Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

Isaiah 3:10Say ye to the righteous, that [it is] good, Because the fruit of their doings 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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