Exodus 1:18 YLT

¹⁶  and saith, 'When ye cause the Hebrew women to bear, and have looked on the children; if it 'is' a son -- then ye have put him to death; and if it 'is' a daughter -- then she hath lived.'

¹⁷  And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt hath spoken unto them, and keep the lads alive;

¹⁸  and the king of Egypt calleth for the midwives, and saith to them, 'Wherefore have ye done this thing, and keep the lads alive?'

¹⁹  And the midwives say unto Pharaoh, 'Because the Hebrew women 'are' not as the Egyptian women, for they 'are' lively; before the midwife cometh in unto them -- they have borne!'

²⁰  And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty;