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.
21. And because the midwives respected God, God gave them households of their own.
22. Then Pharaoh gave an order to all his people: "Throw every baby boy born to the Hebrews into the Nile River, but you can let all the girls live."