Exodus 1:18

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:28

Then Absalom commanded his servants, “Watch when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not myself commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.”

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:19

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

Ecclesiastes 8:4

For the word of the king is powerful, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”