Exodus 1:17-19

Expanded Bible

¹⁷ But the ·nurses [midwives] feared God, so they did not do as the king [^Lof Egypt] told them; they let all the boy babies live. ¹⁸ Then the king of Egypt sent for the ·nurses [midwives] and said, “Why did you do this? Why did you let the boys live?”

¹⁹ The ·nurses [midwives] said to ·him [^LPharaoh], “The Hebrew women are ·much stronger than [^Lnot like] the Egyptian women. They are ·strong [vigorous; hardy]. They give birth to their babies before we can get there.”