Parallel Bible results for "Exodus 1:17-22"

Exodus 1:17-22

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17 But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Mitzrayim commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
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.
18 The king of Mitzrayim called for the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?"
18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
19 The midwives said to Par`oh, "Because the Hebrew women aren't like the Mitzrian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them."
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”
20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
21 It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
22 Par`oh charged all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."
22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.”
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