Exodus Chapter 1 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 1:20

And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
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BBE Exodus 1:20

And the blessing of God was on these women: and the people were increased in number and became very strong.
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DARBY Exodus 1:20

And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong.
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KJV Exodus 1:20

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
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WBT Exodus 1:20

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.
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WEB Exodus 1:20

God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
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YLT Exodus 1:20

And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 20, 21. - Therefore God did well to the midwives. Literally, "And God did well," etc. (see ver. 21). Because they feared him sufficiently to disobey the king, and take their chance of a punishment, which might have been very severe-even perhaps death - God overlooked their weak and unfaithful divergence from truth, and gave them a reward. He made them houses. He blessed them by giving them children of their own, who grew up, and gave them the comfort, support, and happiness which children were intended to give. There was a manifest fitness in rewarding those who had refused to bring misery and desolation into families by granting them domestic happiness themselves.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Therefore God dealt well with the midwives.--Heb., and God dealt well, &c. The reason is stated in Exodus 1:21. It was not because they equivocated and deceived the king, but because they feared God sufficiently to disobey the king, and run the risk of discovery. If they had been discovered, their life would have paid the forfeit.