Exodus 1:18

English Standard Version 2016

So the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 8:4

For the word of the king is supreme, and who may say to him, “What are you doing?”

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Mark when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant.”

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.

Exodus 1:19

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.”