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Exo_1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
Ver. 21. Because the midwives feared God.] There is no necessity of granting that the midwives told the king a lie. {see Exo_1:19} But if they did, St Austin saith well, Non remunerata fuit iis fallacia, sed benevolentia; benignitas mentis, non iniquitas mentientis. Their lie was not rewarded, but their kind heartedness.
That he made them houses,] i.e., He gave them posterity. Thus he built David a house. {2Sa_7:18-19} And thus Rachel and Leah are said to have "built the house of Israel." {Rth_4:11} The parents are, as it were, the foundation of the house; the children as so many lively stones in the building. Hence the Hebrews call a son Ben, of Banah to build, quid sit edificium et structura parentum, quoad generationem et educationem.