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Exodus 1:18
And the king called for them and said: What is it that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?
Exodus 1:18 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
Exodus 1:18 in other translations
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?
So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
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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In context
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua,
16 Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.
17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.
18 And the king called for them and said: What is it that you meant to do, that you would save the men children?
19 They answered: The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they themselves are skilful in the office of a midwife; and they are delivered before we come to them.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.
21 And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.
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