hi all. i was skimming through the book of exodus and found some
points i dont really understand.
Ex 1:15-20
15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew
midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 "When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and
observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but
if it is a girl, let her live." 17 The
midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt
had told them to do; they let the boys live. 18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked
them, "Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?"
19 The midwives answered Pharaoh,
"Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and
give birth before the midwives arrive."
20 So God was kind to the midwives
and the people increased and became even more numerous.
21 And because the midwives feared God, he
gave them families of their own.
no doubt, these are God fearing women. and are being rewarded.
but the fact reminds they have not told the truth to the pharaoh
right?