15 Then the king gave orders to the Hebrew midwives, Shiphrah and Puah. 16 He told them, "When you assist the Hebrew women during childbirth, if you see it’s a boy, kill him; but if it’s a girl, let her live." 17 But because the midwives revered God, they didn’t do what the king of Egypt had ordered. They let the boys live as well.
20 God treated the midwives well, and the people increased in number so there were even more of them. 21 Because the midwives revered God, he gave them families of their own.