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Exodus 1:17

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But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

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  1. Exodus 1:15

    And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

  2. Exodus 1:16

    And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

  3. Exodus 1:18

    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?

  4. Exodus 1:19

    And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

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