18. So the king of Egypt called the two midwives and said to them, "Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?"
19. The two midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because Hebrew women aren’t like Egyptian women. They’re much stronger and give birth before any midwives can get to them."
20. So God treated the midwives well, and the people kept on multiplying and became very strong.