Exodus 1:17
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
But the midwives feared God,.... And therefore durst not take away the life of an human creature, which was contrary to the express law of God, Gen 9:6,
and did not as the king of Egypt commanded…
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
The midwives feared God - Because they knew that God had forbidden murder of every kind; for though the law was not yet given, Exo 20:13, being Hebrews they must have known that God had from the…
The Egyptians' indignation at Israel's increase, notwithstanding the many hardships they put upon them, drove them at length to the most barbarous and inhuman methods of suppressing them, by the…
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