Exodus 1:17 (WEB)
But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
Fathers and councils · 2
Gregory of Nyssa
“Bronze melts in it; mud hardens; wax vanishes: while all other animals are destroyed by it, the salamander is preserved alive; tow burns, asbestos is washed by the flames as if by water; so much for his ‘sameness of works from one and the same energy.’” — editor's note: is preserved alive; ξωογονεῖται. This is the LXX., not the classical use, of the word. Cf. Exod. i. 17; Judges viii. 19, &c. It is reproduced in the speech of…
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Augustine of Hippo
“But, as for that which is written, that God did good to the Hebrew midwives, and to Rahab the harlot of Jericho, this was not because they lied, but because they were merciful to God’s people.” — editor's note: Exod. i. 17–20; Josh. ii., and vi. 25
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.26.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.26.
Cited together in Against Eunomius I.26.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 32.