The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and are delivered before the midwife comes to them.”
2 Samuel 17:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and scattered grain upon it; and nothing was known of it. More versionsKing 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 are delivered before the midwife comes to them.”
So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and stretched out his hands to the Lord; and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured upon the earth.