But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
The Hebrew midwives feared God more than the king of Egypt, so they refused his command to kill the newborn boys at birth and saved them alive because they dared not commit murder. The order to destroy the male children was urged by Satan to defeat God's purpose to raise up a deliverer from among the Hebrews, and by sparing the children the midwives thwarted that attempt. God approved their obedience to Him above the king and prospered them, working with them in their course. When they refused, the king widened the command to all his people to kill every Hebrew son and spare every daughter. Their work also shows God's plan for women to attend women in childbirth as midwives, a distinct appointed responsibility to preserve life that women should be educated and trained to carry with skill.
Fear of God in Egypt
The Hebrew midwives feared God more than the king of Egypt, and when his command conflicted with God's they chose to obey God rather than the king. They refused his command to kill the newborn boys at birth, because they dared not murder the Hebrew children, and instead saved the boys alive. Their refusal thwarted the attempt to destroy the children and to prevent the raising up of Israel's deliverer.
The order to kill the male children was urged by Satan, who knew that a deliverer was to be raised up among the Hebrews to rescue them from oppression. He hoped by destroying the male children to defeat God's purpose.
God approved the midwives' course of disobeying the king in obedience to God, and the Lord worked with them and prospered them for it. Because the women disobeyed the king in obedience to God, the Lord prospered them. After the midwives refused, the king expanded the order, commanding all his people to kill every Hebrew son and spare every daughter. This history in Egypt is part of Israel's history which God's people living in the last days are to consider and learn from.
Women Caring for Women
The account belongs to Bible times when women served as midwives and attended women in childbirth. This is God's plan for women to care for women, with childbirth attended by midwives rather than men. The midwives feared God and saved the Hebrew boys alive instead of doing as the king of Egypt commanded them. Their example is instruction that childbirth should be attended by women.
Because women attended women in childbirth, women are to be educated and trained to take responsibility for this work. That training is to fit them to provide skilled care for women's health, including childbirth and other private care of women. The biblical precedent presents women serving as midwives as the basis for women being trained to care for women during childbirth. In this way women take charge of childbirth and of women's private care.
The midwives' work was a distinct appointed responsibility assigned to them in Bible times. It was to care for women and to protect the male infants and preserve life during childbirth. They feared God and saved the boys' lives rather than obeying the king's command to destroy them. The Lord worked with them as they carried out the work assigned to them and took responsibility for other women.
The Hebrew midwives feared God more than the king of Egypt, so they refused his command to kill the newborn boys at birth and saved them alive because they dared not commit murder. The order to destroy the male children was urged by Satan to defeat God's purpose to raise up a deliverer from among the Hebrews, and by sparing the children the midwives thwarted that attempt. God approved their obedience to Him above the king and prospered them, working with them in their course. When they refused, the king widened the command to all his people to kill every Hebrew son and spare every daughter. Their work also shows God's plan for women to attend women in childbirth as midwives, a distinct appointed responsibility to preserve life that women should be educated and trained to carry with skill.
Fear of God in Egypt
The Hebrew midwives feared God more than the king of Egypt, and when his command conflicted with God's they chose to obey God rather than the king. They refused his command to kill the newborn boys at birth, because they dared not murder the Hebrew children, and instead saved the boys alive. Their refusal thwarted the attempt to destroy the children and to prevent the raising up of Israel's deliverer.
The order to kill the male children was urged by Satan, who knew that a deliverer was to be raised up among the Hebrews to rescue them from oppression. He hoped by destroying the male children to defeat God's purpose.
God approved the midwives' course of disobeying the king in obedience to God, and the Lord worked with them and prospered them for it. Because the women disobeyed the king in obedience to God, the Lord prospered them. After the midwives refused, the king expanded the order, commanding all his people to kill every Hebrew son and spare every daughter. This history in Egypt is part of Israel's history which God's people living in the last days are to consider and learn from.
Women Caring for Women
The account belongs to Bible times when women served as midwives and attended women in childbirth. This is God's plan for women to care for women, with childbirth attended by midwives rather than men. The midwives feared God and saved the Hebrew boys alive instead of doing as the king of Egypt commanded them. Their example is instruction that childbirth should be attended by women.
Because women attended women in childbirth, women are to be educated and trained to take responsibility for this work. That training is to fit them to provide skilled care for women's health, including childbirth and other private care of women. The biblical precedent presents women serving as midwives as the basis for women being trained to care for women during childbirth. In this way women take charge of childbirth and of women's private care.
The midwives' work was a distinct appointed responsibility assigned to them in Bible times. It was to care for women and to protect the male infants and preserve life during childbirth. They feared God and saved the boys' lives rather than obeying the king's command to destroy them. The Lord worked with them as they carried out the work assigned to them and took responsibility for other women.