Exodus 1:18

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 1:18

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 1

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.”

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

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

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

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

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