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Exodus 1:18
Exodus 1:18 is verse 18 of Exodus chapter 1, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
King James Version
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?
World English Bible
The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
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Exodus 1:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible
16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
Ecclesiastes 8:4For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”