And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Spoken in the narrative of Israel's oppression in Egypt, recounting God's reward to the Hebrew midwives.
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Traditionally attributed to Moses · c. 13th century BC · The Pentateuch — Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy — is traditionally attributed to him
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Spoken in the narrative of Israel's oppression in Egypt, recounting God's reward to the Hebrew midwives.
19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.