Exodus 1:19

New English Translation

The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women – for the Hebrew women are vigorous; they give birth before the midwife gets to them!”

Cross References

Exodus 1:18

Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live?”

Exodus 1:20

So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong.

1 Samuel 21:2

David replied to Ahimelech the priest, “The king instructed me to do something, but he said to me, ‘Don’t let anyone know the reason I am sending you or the instructions I have given you.’ I have told my soldiers to wait at a certain place.