Exodus 1:17-19 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt spake unto them,–

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt spake unto them,––but suffered the male children to live. ¹⁸ Then called the king of Egypt for the midwives, and said to them––Wherefore have ye done this thing,––that ye should let the male children live? ¹⁹ And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because, not like the Egyptian women, are the Hebrew women,––for they are, full of life, ere yet the midwife can come in unto them, they have given birth.