Êxodo 1

Êxodo 1

Poole - This might be no lie, as many suppose, but a truth concerning many of them, and they do not affirm it to be so with all…So here was nothing but truth, though they did not speak the whole truth, which they were not obliged to do.” Exodus 1:20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty. BGT Exodus 1:20 εὖ δὲ ἐποίει ὁ θεὸς ταῖς μαίαις καὶ ἐπλήθυνεν ὁ λαὸς καὶ ἴσχυεν σφόδρα NET Exodus 1:20 So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong. LXE Exodus 1:20 And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong. NLT Exodus 1:20 So God was good to the midwives, and the Israelites continued to multiply, growing more and more powerful. KJV Exodus 1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. ESV Exodus 1:20 So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong. NIV Exodus 1:20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. ASV Exodus 1:20 And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. CSB Exodus 1:20 So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied and became very numerous. NKJ Exodus 1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty. NRS Exodus 1:20 So God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied and became very strong. YLT Exodus 1:20 And God doth good to the midwives, and the people multiply, and are very mighty; NAB Exodus 1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives. The people, too, increased and grew strong. NJB Exodus 1:20 For this, God was good to the midwives, and the people went on increasing and growing more powerful; God: Ps 41:1,2 61:5 85:9 103:11 111:5 145:19 Pr 11:18 19:17 Ec 8:12 Isa 3:10 Mt 10:42 25:40 Lu 1:50 Heb 6:10 the people: Ex 1:7,12 Exodus 1 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries GOD'S GOODNESS TO MIDWIVES AND ISRAEL So God was good to the midwives - So functions like a term of conclusion (like a "therefore") concluding that as a result of the midwives being good to the Hebrew infants, Gos was good to them. NET Note on was good to ("treated well" - NET) - In this stem the word means "to cause good, treat well, treat favorably." The vav consecutive shows that this favor from God was a result of their fearing and obeying Him." And the people multiplied, and became very mighty - We have already seen "the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly" (Ex 1:7) but now even in spite of the evil attempts to decrease their numbers, God increased their numbers. Unfortunately this would cause the king to go to "Plan C," the third Jewish pogrom (Ex 1:22).