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The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women aren`t like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous, and give birth before the midwife comes to them."
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A Courageous Half-Truth
Commentators suggest the midwives' excuse to Pharaoh was a clever 'half-truth.' While it was likely true that Hebrew women often had quick births, the midwives' primary motive for disobeying the king was their fear of God. They used a plausible explanation to protect both the infants and themselves from a tyrannical order.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women. —This was probably true; but it was not the whole truth. Though the midwi…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women…
Presbyterian
The Egyptians tried to destroy Israel by the murder of their children. The enmity that is in the seed of the serpent, against the Seed of the woman…
