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15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16 |When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live.| 17 But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live. 18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, |Why have you done this and let the boys live?| 19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, |Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women--for the Hebrew women are vigorous; they give birth before the midwife gets to them!| 20 So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he made households for them. Exodus 1:15-21, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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