The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
2 Samuel 17:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The man’s wife took a covering, stretched it over the well’s mouth, and spread out grain on it, and nothing was known of it. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the woman spread a covering over the well's mouth and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not discovered. American Standard Version (1901) And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known. Common English Bible The man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the well’s opening, then scattered grain over it so no one would notice. Catholic Public Domain Version Then a woman took and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as if drying hulled barley. And so the matter was hidden. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known. |
The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the earth.