18. And the king of Egypt summoned the midwives, and he said to them, “Why have you done this thing and let the boys live?”
19. And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, because they are vigorous; before the midwife comes to them, they have given birth.”
20. And God did the midwives good, and the Israelite people became many and were very numerous.
21. And so because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
22. And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you will throw into the Nile, and every daughter you will let live.”