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Exodus 1
¹⁷ But because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king’s orders. They allowed the boys to live, too.
¹⁸ So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. “Why have you done this?” he demanded. “Why have you allowed the boys to live?”
¹⁹ “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women,” the midwives replied. “They are more vigorous and have their babies so quickly that we cannot get there in time.”
²⁰ So God was good to the midwives, and the Israelites continued to multiply, growing more and more powerful.
²¹ And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.
²² Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”
Exodus 2
¹ About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
² The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She saw that he was a special baby and kept him hidden for three months.
³ But when she could no longer hide him, she got a basket made of papyrus reeds and waterproofed it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in the basket and laid it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile River.
⁴ The baby’s sister then stood at a distance, watching to see what would happen to him.
⁵ Soon Pharaoh’s daughter came down to bathe in the river, and her attendants walked along the riverbank. When the princess saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it for her.