The Midwives Feared God — Exodus 1:17–22

  
    But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
EX 1:17

      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?
EX 1:18

      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 midwife come unto them.
EX 1:19

    And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
EX 1:20–21

    And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying,
Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
EX 1:22
— 03 —Exodus 1:17–22ASV