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# God protected these midwives
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God kept Pharaoh from killing these midwives.
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# midwives
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These were women who helped a woman give birth to a baby. See how you translated this in [Exodus 1:16 ](./15.md ).
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# The people increased in numbers
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"The Israelites increased in numbers"
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# feared God
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"revered God" or "had reverence for God"
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# he gave them families
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"the enabled them to have children"
# You must throw every son ... into the river
This order was given in order to drown the male children. The full meaning of this may be made explicit. AT: "You must ... into the river so they will drown" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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