Holy Scripture
Exodus 1:18
A church father on this verse
“On the midwives' lie, by which they deceived Pharaoh and kept him from killing the Israelite males when they were born: The midwives said that Hebrew women did not give birth as Egyptian women did. It is usual to ask whether such lies have been approved by divine authority. Scripture says that God favored the midwives…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?
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In context
16And he said, When ye do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it.
17But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.
— Exodus 1:18 —
19And the midwives said to Pharaoh, The Hebrew women are not as the women of Egypt, for they are delivered before the midwives go in to them. So they bore children.
20And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong.