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Exodus 1:21

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Exodus 1:21 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.

    BBE

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

    DBY

  • It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.

    WEB

  • and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.

    BSB

In context

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.

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