Exodus 1:19 KJV

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

Matthew Henry

  • The men-children destroyedThe Egyptians tried to destroy Israel by the murder of their children. The enmity that is in the seed of the serpent, against the Seed of the woman, makes...

Thompson Chains

  • HebrewsSee the chain from Genesis 14:13 · 5 links

Cross References

  • Joshua 2:4–24 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: …
  • 1 Samuel 21:2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
  • 2 Samuel 17:19–20 And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. …

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Topics

  • Egyptians Oppress the Israelites
  • Integrity The Egyptian midwives when commanded to destroy the newborn babies of the Israelites
  • Israel Number of, at the time of the exodus
  • Midwifery General scriptures concerning Midwifery
  • Oppression Of Israelites, by Egyptians

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Bible Dictionary

  • PharaohThe official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See Egypt.) The name is a...
  • HebrewA name applied to the Israelites in Scripture only by one who is a foreigner (Gen 39:14, Gen 39:17; Gen 41:12, etc.), or by the...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And the midwives הַמְיַלְּדֹת hamyallĕdōt יָלַד Verb · piel active participle, feminine plural · with the
  • said וַתֹּאמַרְןָ wattōʾmarnā אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person feminine plural · with and
  • unto Pharaoh אֶל ʾel Preposition פַּרְעֹה parʿô פַּרְעֹה Proper name
  • Because the Hebrew הָעִבְרִיֹּת hāʿibriyyōt עִבְרִי Noun · feminine plural · with the
  • women כַנָּשִׁים kannāšîm אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine plural · with preposition with the
  • not as the Egyptian women כִּי kî Conjunction לֹא lōʾ Negative הַמִּצְרִיֹּת hammiṣriyyōt מִצְרִי Noun · feminine plural · with the
  • for they are lively כִּי kî Conjunction חָיוֹת ḥāyôt חָיֶה Adjective · feminine plural הֵנָּה hēnnâ Pronoun · third person feminine plural
  • and are delivered אֲלֵהֶן ʾălēhen Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine plural הַמְיַלֶּדֶת hamyalledet יָלַד Verb · piel active participle, feminine singular · with the
  • ere בְּטֶרֶם bĕṭerem טֶרֶם Adverb · with preposition
  • the midwives וְיָלָדוּ wĕyālādû יָלַד Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural · with and
  • come in תָּבוֹא tābôʾ בּוֹא Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular

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