Exodus 1:19 CPDV

¹⁷  But the midwives feared God, and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt, but they kept the males safe.

¹⁸  And summoning them, the king said, 'What did you intend to do, so that you would save the boys?'

¹⁹  They responded: 'The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. For they themselves have the wisdom of a midwife, and so they give birth before we can come to them.'

²⁰  Therefore, God acted favorably toward the midwives. And the people increased, and they were strengthened exceedingly.

²¹  And because the midwives feared God, he built houses for them.