17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;
17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;
14 and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every kind of service in the field; all their service in which they have served is with rigour.
15 And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one is Shiphrah, and the name of the second Puah),
16 and saith, 'When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it is a son — then ye have put him to death; and if it is a daughter — then she hath lived.'
17 And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;
18 and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, 'Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'
19 And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them — they have borne!'
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.
1:17But the midwives feared God, and didn't do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.