Exodus 1:16-22
Read Exodus 1 in full →16and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, aif it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” 17But the midwives 1,afeared God and bdid not do as the king of Egypt had spoken to them, but let the boys live. 18So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?” 19Then the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can come to them.” 20So aGod was good to the midwives, and bthe people multiplied and became very 1mighty. 21Now it happened that because the midwives 1,afeared God, He bmade 2households for them. 22And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “aEvery son who is born 1you are to cast into bthe Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive.”