Exodus 1:15-17

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁵ Moreover, the king of Egypt commanded the midwives of the Hebrew women (of which one’s name was Shiphrah, and the name of another, Puah)

¹⁶ and said, “When you do the office of a midwife to the women of the Hebrews, and see them on their stools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him. But if it is a daughter, then let her live.”

¹⁷ Nevertheless, the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them but saved the male children.