Exodus 1:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Exodus 1:20

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Exodus 1

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.

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

²² Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

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