18Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"
18Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"
15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
16 "When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live."
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.
18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, "Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive."
20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
1:18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
1:18And the king called for them and said: What is that you meant to do, that you would save the men children ?
1:18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive?
1:18And the king of Egypt called the midwives and said to them, Why have ye done this, and saved the male children alive?
1:18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
1:18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the male-children alive?
1:18The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, |Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?|
1:18and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, 'Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'
1:18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?