Exodus 1:17
But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Timuerunt autem obstetrices Deum, et non fecerunt juxta præceptum regis Ægypti, sed conservabant mares.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ αἱ μαῖαι τὸν θεόν, καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησαν καθότι συνέταξεν αὐταῖς ὁ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἐζωογόνουν τὰ ἄρσενα.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַתִּירֶ֤אןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶת הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְלֹ֣א עָשׂ֔וּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ן מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ אֶת הַיְלָדִֽים