1:15 The king of Egypt said ¹  to the Hebrew midwives, ²  one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, ³  1:16 ⁴  “When you assist ⁵  the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: ⁶  If it is a son, kill him, ⁷  but if it is a daughter, she may live.” ⁸  1:17 But ⁹  the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live. ¹⁰