Exodus 1:20 (WEB)
God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very mighty.
Fathers and councils · 2
“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
Read the whole comment“…that of the Egyptian midwives, who to save the Hebrew infants from being slain at their birth, told a lie, and that with God’s approbation and reward: and many such like instances they pick out, of lies told by persons whom you would not dare to blame, and so must own that it may sometimes be not only not…” — editor's note: Exod. i. 19, 20
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 32.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 5.