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God protected these midwives

God kept pharaoh from killing these midwives.

midwives

See how you translated this in Exodus 1:15.

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)