17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.
17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service in which they made them serve, was with rigor.
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives (of which the name of one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:)
16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it shall be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it shall be a daughter, then she shall live.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children alive.
18 And 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?
19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in to them.
1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
1:17The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live.
1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.
1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.
1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
1:17But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
1:17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;
1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.