出埃及记 1:18

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

於是，埃及王把接生婦叫了來，對她們說：“你們為甚麼作這事，讓男孩活著呢？”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
埃 及 王 召 了 收 生 婆 来 ， 说 ： 你 们 为 甚 麽 做 这 事 ， 存 留 男 孩 的 性 命 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Two Hebrew nurses, named Shiphrah and Puah, helped the Israelite women give birth to their babies. The king of Egypt said to the nurses, ¹⁶ "When you are helping the Hebrew women give birth to their babies, watch! If the baby is a girl, let her live, but if it is a boy, kill him!" ¹⁷ But the nurses feared God, so they did not do as the king told them; they let all the boy babies live. ¹⁸ Then the king of Egypt sent for the nurses and said, "Why did you do this? Why did you let the boys live?" ¹⁹ The nurses said to him, "The Hebrew women are much stronger than the Egyptian women. They give birth to their babies before we can get there." ²⁰ God was good to the nurses. And the Hebrew people continued to grow in number, so they became even stronger. ²¹ Because the nurses feared God, he gave them families of their own. ²² So the king commanded all his people, "Every time a boy is born to the Hebrews, you must throw him into the Nile River, but let all the girl babies live."

Bible Verse Review
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Why have: 2 Samuel 13:28, Ecclesiastes 8:4

Cross-References

Psalms 19:6
The sun rises at one end of the sky and follows its path to the other end. Nothing hides from its heat.

Jeremiah 31:35
The Lord makes the sun shine in the day and the moon and stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves crash on the shore. The Lord All-Powerful is his name. This is what the Lord says:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king called for the midwives,.... Perceiving, by the increase of the Israelites, that they did not obey his commands:

and said unto them, why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? not only did not kill them, but did everything for them that was necessary for their future preservation and health; see

Ezekiel 16:4.