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2 Mose 1:18

Da rief der König in Ägypten die Wehmütter und sprach zu ihnen: Warum tut ihr das, daß ihr die Kinder leben lasset?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Integrity;   Israel;   Midwifery;   Oppression;   Servant;   Usurpation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Exodus;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lie;   Pharaoh;   Puah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Birth;   Shiphrah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Midwife;   Nuzi;   Shiphrah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sacrifice;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Midwives;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Puah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ex'odus;   Shiph'rah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Enslavement, the;   Encampment at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the;   Midwife;   Puah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Astrology;   Salvation;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Da ließ der König von Ägypten die Hebammen rufen und fragte sie: Warum tut ihr das, daß ihr die Kinder leben lasst ?
Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und der König von Ägypten rief die Hebammen und sprach zu ihnen: Warum habt ihr dieses getan und die Knäblein am Leben erhalten?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Why have: 2 Samuel 13:28, Ecclesiastes 8:4

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.


 
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