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But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive.
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So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and saved the male children alive?"
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And the midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them."
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Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty.
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And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them.
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So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."