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Two distinctly different Hebrew midwives protect a safely swaddled newborn in a modest home; the courage of care.
Artwork is an interpretation. Scripture is quoted from the People's Open Bible.

Exodus 1:17

The Midwives Refuse

A family becomes a people · Exodus 1

Story guide: The midwives fear God and preserve the children’s lives despite the king’s command.

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17But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; rather, they let the children live.

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