Exodus 1:21
“And it came to passe, because the midwiues feared God, that hee made them houses.”
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Exodus 1:21 Context
19And the midwiues said vnto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they are liuely, and are deliuered ere the midwiues come in vnto them. 20Therefore God dealt well with the midwiues: and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty. 21And it came to passe, because the midwiues feared God, that hee made them houses. 22And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Euery sonne that is borne, yee shall cast into the riuer, and euery daughter ye shall saue aliue.
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And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
- King James Version
Because the midwives feared God, He established households for them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.
- Basic English Bible
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
- Darby Bible
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
- Webster's Bible
It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
- World English Bible
and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible