Parallel Bible results for "exodus 1:17"

Exodus 1:17

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17 But the midwives had far too much respect for God and didn't do what the king of Egypt ordered; they let the boy babies live.
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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