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Exodus 1:17-21

Exodus 1:17

But because the midwives revered God, they didn't do what the king of Egypt had ordered. They let the boys live as well.

Exodus 1:18

The king of Egypt called the midwives in and demanded to know, “Why have you done this— letting the male children live?”

Exodus 1:19

“Hebrew women aren't like Egyptian women,” the midwives told Pharaoh. “They give birth more easily—they have them before we midwives arrive.”

Exodus 1:20

God treated the midwives well, and the people increased in number so there were even more of them.

Exodus 1:21

Because the midwives revered God, he gave them families of their own.