Adam Clarke Commentary - Exodus 1:17

Adam Clarke Commentary - Exodus 1:17 - 1:17

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Exodus 1:17 - 1:17

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The midwives feared God - Because they knew that God had forbidden murder of every kind; for though the law was not yet given, Exo 20:13, being Hebrews they must have known that God had from the beginning declared, Whosoever sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed, Gen 9:6. Therefore they saved the male children of all to whose assistance they were called. See Clarke’s note on Exo 1:19.