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

Exodus 1:17-22

Third Millennium Bible TMB

17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

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?"

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 midwives come in unto them."

20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty.

21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.

22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "Every son who is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive."

New International Version NIV

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 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 answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”

20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.

21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

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.”