Midwifery

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Bible verses about “Midwifery”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Genesis 35:17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
• Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
• Exodus 1:16And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
• Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
• Exodus 1:18And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
• Exodus 1:19And 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.
• Exodus 1:20Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
• Exodus 1:21And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
• Ezekiel 16:4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.