Exodus 1:20
New International Version
So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.

New Living Translation
So God was good to the midwives, and the Israelites continued to multiply, growing more and more powerful.

English Standard Version
So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.

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

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

New King James Version
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.

New American Standard Bible
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

NASB 1995
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

NASB 1977
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

Legacy Standard Bible
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very mighty.

Amplified Bible
So God was good to the midwives, and the people [of Israel] multiplied and became very strong.

Christian Standard Bible
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And God blessed the Midwives because they made this response, and he multiplied the people and they grew very strong.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God was good to the midwives. So the people increased in number and became very strong.

International Standard Version
God was pleased with the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

Literal Standard Version
And God does good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

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

New American Bible
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and grew very numerous.

NET Bible
So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

New Revised Standard Version
So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

New Heart English Bible
God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

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Context
Oppression by a New King
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.…

Cross References
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

Exodus 1:12
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

Exodus 1:19
The midwives answered Pharaoh, "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives."

Proverbs 11:18
The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Ecclesiastes 8:12
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.

Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.


Treasury of Scripture

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

God.

Psalm 41:1,2
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble…

Psalm 61:5
For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

Psalm 85:9
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

the people.

Exodus 1:7,12
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them…

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Exodus 1
1. The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, increase.
8. The more they are oppressed by a new king, the more they multiply.
15. The godliness of the midwives in saving the male children alive.
22. Pharaoh commands the male children to be cast into the river














(20) Therefore God dealt well with the midwives.--Heb., and God dealt well, &c. The reason is stated in Exodus 1:21. It was not because they equivocated and deceived the king, but because they feared God sufficiently to disobey the king, and run the risk of discovery. If they had been discovered, their life would have paid the forfeit.

Verses 20, 21. - Therefore God did well to the midwives. Literally, "And God did well," etc. (see ver. 21). Because they feared him sufficiently to disobey the king, and take their chance of a punishment, which might have been very severe-even perhaps death - God overlooked their weak and unfaithful divergence from truth, and gave them a reward. He made them houses. He blessed them by giving them children of their own, who grew up, and gave them the comfort, support, and happiness which children were intended to give. There was a manifest fitness in rewarding those who had refused to bring misery and desolation into families by granting them domestic happiness themselves.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

was good
וַיֵּ֥יטֶב (way·yê·ṭeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

to the midwives,
לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֑ת (lam·yal·lə·ḏōṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

and the people
הָעָ֛ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

multiplied
וַיִּ֧רֶב (way·yi·reḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

and became even more
מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

numerous.
וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ (way·ya·‘aṣ·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6105: To bind fast, close, powerful, numerous, to crunch the bones


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