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Exodus 1:21

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1:21And because the midwives feared God, he made56 households57 for them.

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  1. 56 The temporal indicator וַיְהִי (vayéhi) focuses attention on the causal clause and lays the foundation for the main clause, namely, “God made households for them.” This is the second time the text affirms the reason for their defiance, their fear of God.
  2. 57 Or “families”; Heb “houses.”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

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NIVNew International Version (2011)

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

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CSBChristian Standard Bible

Since the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And so because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

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