Exodus 1:16-18

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁶ ‘When you help the Israelite women at the birth of their children, this is what you must do. If she gives birth to a son, kill him. But if the child is a daughter, you may let her live.’

¹⁷ But the two women respected God. So they did not do what the king of Egypt had told them. They obeyed God and they let the boys live.

¹⁸ Then the king of Egypt called the two women to come to him. He asked them, ‘Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?’