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21 Since the midwives feared God, he gave them families.(A) 22 Pharaoh then commanded all his people, ‘You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.’(B)

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21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, (A)that He [a]provided households for them.

22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, (B)“Every son who is [b]born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:21 gave them families
  2. Exodus 1:22 Sam., LXX, Tg. add to the Hebrews