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17 The midwives, however, feared(A) God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do;(B) they let the boys live.

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17 But the midwives [a](A)feared God, and (B)did not do as the king of Egypt had [b]commanded them, but let the boys live.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:17 Or revered
  2. Exodus 1:17 Lit spoken to

17 The midwives, however, feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt had ordered them, but let the boys live.

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17 But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.

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17 But the midwives were God-fearing and so did not obey the king; instead, they let the boys live.

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