Exodus 1:15-17

GOD’S WORD Translation

Pharaoh Tells the Midwives to Kill All Hebrew Baby Boys

¹⁵ Then the king of Egypt told the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, ¹⁶ “When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth, look at the child when you deliver it. If it’s a boy, kill it, but if it’s a girl, let it live.”

¹⁷ However, the midwives feared God and didn’t obey the king of Egypt’s orders. They let the boys live.