Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.

Bible References

General references

Joshua 2:4
And the woman took the two men and hid them, - and said: Even so, the men did come in unto me, but I knew not from whence they were;
1 Samuel 21:2
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest - The king, hath charged me with a matter, and hath said unto me - Let, no man, know aught of the business on which I am sending thee, and with which I have charged thee, - But, unto the young men, have I appointed, such and such a place.
2 Samuel 17:19
and the woman took and spread the cover over the face of the well, and spread thereon her pounded corn, - so nothing was known.