1:18 Then the king of Egypt summoned ³  the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live?” ⁴  1:19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew ⁵  women are not like the Egyptian women – for the Hebrew women ⁶  are vigorous; they give birth before the midwife gets to them!” ⁷  1:20 So God treated the midwives well, ⁸  and the people multiplied and became very strong. 1:21 And because the midwives feared God, he made ⁹  households ¹⁰  for them.