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Exodus 1:18
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| Exodus 1:15 | And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: |
| Exodus 1:16 | and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. |
| Exodus 1:17 | But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. |
| Exodus 1:18 | And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive? |
| Exodus 1:19 | 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 midwife come unto them. |
| Exodus 1:20 | And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. |
| Exodus 1:21 | And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households. |