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Exodus 1:18 KJV
Exodus · chapter 1 · verse 18
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?Exodus 1:18 · King James Version
Exodus 1:18 in context
16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
19And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- midwivesyâladto bear youngH3205 →
- childrenyeledsomething bornH3206 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- savedchâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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The Egyptians' indignation at Israel's increase, notwithstanding the many hardships they put upon them, drove them at length to the most barbarous and inhuman methods of suppressing them, by the murder of their children.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22