20So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
20So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous.
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.
21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live."
1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.
1:20And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
1:20And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.
1:20And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.
1:20God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
1:20And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.