Exodus 1:18

New International Version

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Absalom ordered his men, “Listen! When Amnon is in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.”

Exodus 1:17

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:19

The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.”

Ecclesiastes 8:4

Since a king’s word is supreme, who can say to him, “What are you doing?”