EXODUS—NOTE ON Exodus 1:22 Pharaoh chooses to let every daughter live because he is primarily worried about Israel’s sons fighting against Egypt (v. Exodus 1:10). However, some of Israel’s daughters who fear God more than Pharaoh (Shiphrah and Puah, v. Exodus 1:15; Moses’ mother and sister, Exodus 2:1) are part of the means by which God will bring his people out of slavery.

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