Exodus 1:18

New Century Version

Then the king of Egypt sent for the nurses and said, “Why did you do this? Why did you let the boys live?”

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom instructed his servants, “Watch Amnon. When he is drunk, I will tell you, ‘Kill Amnon.’ Right then, kill him! Don’t be afraid, because I have commanded you! Be strong and brave!”

Exodus 1:17

But the nurses feared God, so they did not do as the king told them; they let all the boy babies live.

Exodus 1:19

The nurses said to him, “The Hebrew women are much stronger than the Egyptian women. They give birth to their babies before we can get there.”

Ecclesiastes 8:4

What the king says is law; no one tells him what to do.