They responded: "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife, and so they give birth before we can come to them."
2 Samuel 17:19 - Catholic Public Domain Version Then a woman took and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as if drying hulled barley. And so the matter was hidden. Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the woman spread a covering over the well's mouth and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not discovered. American Standard Version (1901) And the woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon; and nothing was known. Common English Bible The man’s wife took a covering and spread it over the well’s opening, then scattered grain over it so no one would notice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And a woman took, and spread a covering over the mouth of the well, as it were to dry sodden barley: and so the thing was not known. English Standard Version 2016 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth and scattered grain on it, and nothing was known of it. |
They responded: "The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife, and so they give birth before we can come to them."
And Moses, departing from Pharaoh out of the city, reached out his hands toward the Lord. And the thunders and hail ceased, neither did there drop any more rain upon the land.