Exodus 1:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ Then the king of Egypt sent for the women. He asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

¹⁹ The women answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like the women of Egypt. They are strong. They have their babies before we get there.”

²⁰ So God was kind to Shiphrah and Puah. And the number of Israelites became even greater.