Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
16. 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.
16. Sic dixit, Quando adjuvabitis ad partum Hebraeas, et videbitis in illis quod sit masculus, interficite eum: si autem sit foemina, vivat.
17. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive.
17. Timuerunt vero obstetrices Deum, nec fecerunt sicut praeceperat illis rex Aegypti; conservaruntque masculos in vita.
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?
18. Et vocans Pharao obstetrices, dixit illis, Quare fecistis rem hanc, et servastis masculos?
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.
19. Responderunt obstetrices Pharaoni, Quia non sunt Hebraeae muli-eres ut Aegyptiae: sunt enim vegetae, et priusquam veniat ad eas obstetrix, pariunt.
20. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
20. Benefecit ergo Dens obstetricibus: et multiplicatus est populus, et roborati sunt vehementer.
21. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.
21. Et factum est, quia timuerunt obstetrices Deum, fecit illis domos.
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.
22. Tunc praecepit Pharao cuncto populo suo, dicens, Omnem nature masculum in flumen projicite: omnem vero foeminam vivam servabitis.