Exodus 1:15–22 · BSB
1:15
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
1:16
“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
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1:17
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
1:18
So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
1:19
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
1:20
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
1:21
And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
1:22
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
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