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Exodus 1:17

American Standard Version

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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Exodus 1:17 in other translations

But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.

Exodus 1:17 · World English Bible

Exodus 1:17 in context

  1. 15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
  2. 16and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
  3. 17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
  4. 18And 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?
  5. 19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.