“midwives” in the Douay-Rheims Bible
The word midwives appears 5 times in the Douay-Rheims Bible. The first 5 matching verses are shown below.
- Exodus 1:15 And the king of Egypt spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews: of whom one was called Sephora, the other Phua,
- Exodus 1:16 Commanding them: When you shall do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and the time of delivery is come: if it be a man child, kill it: if a woman, keep it alive.
- Exodus 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded, but saved the men children.
- Exodus 1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied and grew exceedingly strong.
- Exodus 1:21 And because the midwives feared God, he built them houses.