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Exodus 1:20
God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
Exodus 1:20 · World English Bible
Exodus 1:20 in other translations
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became even more numerous.
God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
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In context
17 But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
18 The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the boys alive?”
19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women aren’t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them.”
20 God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
21 Because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
22 Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”
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