Chiasm
Exodus 1:15–22
Exodus 1:15–223 matched frames
Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.
- A 15-16 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
- B 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
- C 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
- C' 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
- B' 20-21 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
- B 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
- A' 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
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