Exodus 1:21 — Meaning and Application

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“And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.”

Exodus 1:21

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And 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.

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

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Exodus 1:1

"Now these {are} the names of the children of Israel, which 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

"And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt {already}. {loins: Heb. thigh}"

Exodus 1:6

"And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation."

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