Exodus 1:15-22 - Pharaoh Tells The Midwives To Kill All Hebrew Baby Boys
15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and another named Puah; 16 and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women and see the sex, if it is a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them but gave the men children their lives. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing and have given the men children their lives?
19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively and are delivered before the midwives come in unto them.
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. 22 Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall give them their lives.