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Exodus 1:21
and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;
Exodus 1:21 · Young's Literal Translation
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 and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, `Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'
19 And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, `Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them--they have borne!'
20 And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
21 and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God, that He maketh for them households;
22 and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, `Every son who is born--into the River ye do cast him, and every daughter ye do keep alive.'
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