Exodus 1:16-18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁶ and said, “When you do the office of a midwife to the women of the Hebrews, and see them on their stools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him. But if it is a daughter, then let her live.”

¹⁷ Nevertheless, the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them but saved the male children.

¹⁸ Then the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, “Why have you done this, and have saved the male children?”