Exodus 1:17

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What does Exodus 1:17 mean?

Exodus 1:17 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Exodus 1:17

• Acts 5:29

  Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

• Exodus 1:21

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

• Luke 12:5

  But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

• Ecclesiastes 12:13

  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

• Matthew 10:28

  And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

• Acts 4:18-20

  And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

• Daniel 3:16-18

  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

• Daniel 6:13

  Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

• Proverbs 16:6

  By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

• Psalms 31:19

  Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

• Genesis 42:18

  And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

• Ecclesiastes 8:12

  Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

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Context

• Exodus 1:16

  And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.

• Exodus 1:17

  But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

• Exodus 1:18

  And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

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