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16 ‘When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them as they deliver. If the child is a son, kill him, but if it’s a daughter, she may live.’ 17 The midwives, however, feared God(A) and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them;(B) they let the boys live. 18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, ‘Why have you done this and let the boys live? ’

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