Exodus 1:15-21

¹⁵Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

¹⁶“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

¹⁷The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

¹⁸So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

¹⁹The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

²⁰So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.

²¹And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

— Exodus 1:15-21

(BSB)

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Cross References for Exodus 1:15-21

• Ecclesiastes 8:12
• Acts 5:29
• Exodus 1:21
• 1 Kings 11:38
• Matthew 10:28
• Luke 12:5
• Ecclesiastes 12:13
• Isaiah 3:10
• 1 Samuel 2:35
• Psalm 37:3

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