Exodus 1:18

New American Bible - revised edition

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this, allowing the boys to live?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

But Absalom had instructed his attendants: “Now watch! When Amnon is merry with wine and I say to you, ‘Kill Amnon,’ put him to death. Do not be afraid, for it is I who order you to do it. Be strong and act like warriors.” Death of Amnon.

Exodus 1:17

The midwives, however, feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt had ordered them, but let the boys live.

Exodus 1:19

The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. They are robust and give birth before the midwife arrives.”

Ecclesiastes 8:4

His word is sovereign, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”