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.