20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.


In Context

17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.

18 And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children ?

19 They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skillful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.

20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.

21 And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.

22 Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

Exodus 1:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:20So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:20And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:20And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.