Exodus 1:16-20
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16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
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17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
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18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
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19 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.
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20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.