17But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
17But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
16 and he said, |When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.|
17 But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, |Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?|
19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, |Because the Hebrew women aren't like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes 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 did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male-children 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.