20 So (A)God was good to the midwives, and (B)the people multiplied, and became very [a]mighty. 21 Because the midwives [b](C)feared God, He [c](D)established [d]households for them. 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “(E)Every son who is born [e]you are to cast into (F)the Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:20 Or numerous
  2. Exodus 1:21 Or revered
  3. Exodus 1:21 Lit made
  4. Exodus 1:21 Or families
  5. Exodus 1:22 Some versions insert to the Hebrews