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Exodus 1:20

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God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

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Exodus 1:20 in other translations

And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Exodus 1:20 · American Standard Version

Exodus 1:20 in context

  1. 18The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
  2. 19The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
  3. 20God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
  4. 21Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
  5. 22Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”