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15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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16 "When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
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16 "When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
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17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
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17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
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18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"
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18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"
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19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive."
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19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive."
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20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
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20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
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21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
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21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
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22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live."
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22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live."
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
