Exodus 1:15
13 They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
14 and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
16 “When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
- KJV
- And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
- WEB
- The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah,
- ASV
- And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
- DARBY
- And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other was Puah
- BLB
- And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives, the Hebrewesses, of whom the name of the one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the second [was] Puah.
- ÅB
- Og kongen i Egypt sa til de hebraiske jordmødre - den ene av dem hette Sifra og den andre Pua - :
- OTB
- Kongen av Egypt talte til de hebraiske jordmødrene, en av dem hette Sjifra, og den andre Pua;
- B1930
- Og kongen i Egypten sa til de hebraiske jordmødre - den ene av dem hette Sifra og den andre Pua - :