Font Size
Exodus 1:17-19
New Living Translation
Exodus 1:17-19
New Living Translation
17 But because the midwives feared God, they refused to obey the king’s orders. They allowed the boys to live, too.
18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives. “Why have you done this?” he demanded. “Why have you allowed the boys to live?”
19 “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women,” the midwives replied. “They are more vigorous and have their babies so quickly that we cannot get there in time.”
Read full chapter
New Living Translation (NLT)
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
NLT Student Life Application Study Bible, Filament Enabled Edition, LeatherLike, Charcoal Gray Striped, Indexed
Retail: $59.99
Our Price: $43.99
Save: $16.00 (27%)
NIV, NKJV, NLT, The Message, (Contemporary Comparative) Parallel Bible--bonded leather, burgundy
Retail: $99.99
Our Price: $56.99
Save: $43.00 (43%)
NLT Spiritual Growth Bible--soft leather-look, cream floral
Retail: $49.99
Our Price: $36.99
Save: $13.00 (26%)