Exodus 1:19

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

1 Samuel 21:2

And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter, and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter about which I send you, and with which I have charged you.’ I have made an appointment with the young men for such and such a place.

Exodus 1:18

So the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this, and let the male children live?”

Exodus 1:20

So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and grew very strong.