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Exodus 1:21

American Standard Version

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.

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Exodus 1:21 in other translations

Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

Exodus 1:21 · World English Bible

Exodus 1:21 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 20And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
  3. 21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
  4. 22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.