Exodus 1:17-19

Living Bible

¹⁷ But the midwives feared God and didn’t obey the king—they let the boys live too.

¹⁸ The king summoned them before him and demanded, “Why have you disobeyed my command and let the baby boys live?”

¹⁹ “Sir,” they told him, “the Hebrew women have their babies so quickly that we can’t get there in time! They are not slow like the Egyptian women!”