## God protected these midwives ##

God kept pharaoh from killing these midwives.

## midwives ##

See how you translated this in [Exodus 1:15](./15.md).

## The people increased in numbers ##

"The Israelites increased in numbers"

## feared God ##

AT: "revered God" or "had reverence for God"

## You must throw every male ... into the river ##

This was in order to for them to drown and die. AT: "... into the river to drown." (See [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])