Verse 20

Exodus 1:20

Young's Literal Translation

20 And God (Elohim) doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּ֥יטֶב אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַֽ/מְיַלְּדֹ֑ת וַ/יִּ֧רֶב הָ/עָ֛ם וַ/יַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ מְאֹֽד
English Translation
And God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very strong.
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Chapter 1 Context
1 And these [are] the names of the sons of Israel who are coming into Egypt with Jacob; a man and his... Focus ↗
2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Focus ↗
3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Focus ↗
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Focus ↗
5 And all the persons coming out of the thigh of Jacob are seventy persons; as to Joseph, he was in Eg... Focus ↗
6 And Joseph dieth, and all his brethren, and all that generation; Focus ↗
7 and the sons of Israel have been fruitful, and they teem, and multiply, and are very very mighty, an... Focus ↗
8 And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph, Focus ↗
9 and he saith unto his people, 'Lo, the people of the sons of Israel [is] more numerous and mighty th... Focus ↗
10 give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war hap... Focus ↗
11 And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth sto... Focus ↗
12 and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of t... Focus ↗
13 and the Egyptians cause the sons of Israel to serve with rigour, Focus ↗
14 and make their lives bitter in hard service, in clay, and in brick, and in every [kind] of service i... Focus ↗
15 And the king of Egypt speaketh to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, (of whom the name of the one [is] S... Focus ↗
16 and saith, 'When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it [is] a so... Focus ↗
17 And the midwives fear God (Elohim), and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, an... Focus ↗
18 and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, 'Wherefore have ye done this thin... Focus ↗
19 And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, 'Because the Hebrew women [are] not as the Egyptian women, for th... Focus ↗
20 And God (Elohim) doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;
21 and it cometh to pass, because the midwives have feared God (Elohim), that He maketh for them househ... Focus ↗
22 and Pharaoh layeth a charge on all his people, saying, 'Every son who is born -- into the River ye d... Focus ↗