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Exodus 1:19 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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.” "
Exodus 1:19
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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 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.”
20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
21 Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
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Exodus 1:1
"Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):"
Exodus 1:2
"Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,"
Exodus 1:3
"Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,"
Exodus 1:4
"Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher."
Exodus 1:5
"All the souls who came out of Jacob’s body were seventy souls, and Joseph was in Egypt already."
Exodus 1:6
"Joseph died, as did all his brothers, and all that generation."
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