Exodus 1:19

Modern English Version

The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives come to them.”

Cross References

Exodus 1:18

The king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and preserved the male children’s lives?”

Exodus 1:20

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.

1 Samuel 21:2

And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king commanded me a matter and said to me, ‘Let no man know anything of the business which I am sending you and what I have commanded you.’ But to the young men I made known a certain place to meet.