Exodus 1:18-20

Expanded Bible

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.” ²⁰ God ·was good [showed favor] to the ·nurses [midwives]. And the Hebrew people continued to grow in number, so they became even stronger.