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Exodus 1:21
And because ye midwiues feared God, therefore he made them houses.
Exodus 1:21 · Geneva Bible
Exodus 1:21 in other translations
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
And because the midwives feared God, He gave them families of their own.
Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
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In context
18 Then the King of Egypt called for the midwiues, and sayde vnto them, Why haue yee done thus, and haue preserued aliue the men children?
19 And the midwiues answered Pharaoh, Because the Ebrewe women are not as the women of Egypt: for they are liuely, and are deliuered yer the midwife come at them.
20 God therefore prospered the midwiues, and the people multiplied and were very mightie.
21 And because ye midwiues feared God, therefore he made them houses.
22 Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Euery man childe that is borne, cast yee into the riuer, but reserue euery maide childe aliue.
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