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Exodus 1:18

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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?

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Exodus 1:18 in other translations

The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”

Exodus 1:18 · World English Bible

Exodus 1:18 in context

  1. 16and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
  2. 17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
  3. 18And 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?
  4. 19And 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.
  5. 20And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.