Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Exodus 1:18

Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Exodus 1:18 - 1:18

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Exodus 1:18 - 1:18

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When questioned upon the matter, the explanation which they gave was, that the Hebrew women were not like the delicate women of Egypt, but were חָיֹות “vigorous” (had much vital energy: Abenezra), so that they gave birth to their children before the midwives arrived. They succeeded in deceiving the king with this reply, as childbirth is remarkably rapid and easy in the case of Arabian women (see Burckhardt, Beduinen, p. 78; Tischendorf, Reise i. p. 108).