Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
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Exodus · Exodus 1
Exodus 1:21
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20God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
Exodus 1:21
Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
After
22Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
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