Exodus 1:19

English Standard Version 2016

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.”

Cross References

1 Samuel 21:2

And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.

Exodus 1:18

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

Exodus 1:20

So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.