Exodus 1:17-19

17But the two women respected God. So they did not do what the king of Egypt had told them. They obeyed God and they let the boys live.

18Then the king of Egypt called the two women to come to him. He asked them, ‘Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?’

19The two women said to Pharaoh, ‘Israelite women are not like Egyptian women. Israelite women are very strong. They give birth to their babies very quickly, before we arrive at the house.’