Exodus 1:17 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

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ASV

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.

WEB

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

YLT

And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

DBT

But the midwives fearedGod, and did not as the king of Egypt had said to them, but saved the male children alive.

About this book

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Acts 5:29
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Exodus 1:21
And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Luke 12:5
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Matthew 10:28
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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A recital of the names of the twelve patriarchs, as they are called, Acts vii. Their names are often repeated in scripture, that they may not sound uncouth to us, as other hard names, but that, by their occurring so frequently, they may become familiar to us; and to show how precious God's spiritual Israel are to him, and how much he delights in them.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

No power on earth can warrant us, much less oblige us, to sin against God, our chief Lord. Again, Where the fear of God rules in the heart, it will preserve it from the snare which the inordinate fear of man brings. Their justifying themselves in this disobedience, when they were charged with it as a crime,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

God dealt well with the midwives--This represents God as rewarding them for telling a lie. This difficulty is wholly removed by a more correct translation. To "make" or "build up a house" in Hebrew idiom, means to have a numerous progeny.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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