But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.(Exodus 1:12)
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:(Exodus 1:13)
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.(Exodus 1:14)
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.(Exodus 1:16)
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.(Exodus 1:17)
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?(Exodus 1:18)
