Library Theodoret Questions on Exodus
Questions on Exodus 2: The midwives made themselves houses
What does it mean, “Because the midwives feared God, they made themselves houses”?
When Pharaoh ordered the male children destroyed, those women, out of reverence, would not bring themselves to serve the law of child-murder. For this reason God, rewarding them, bestowed on them an abundance of good things.
Greek: Theodoret of Cyrus, Quaestiones in Octateuchum / Questions on Exodus (CPG 6200.02; cf. Fernández Marcos and Sáenz-Badillos; also PG 80, cols. 225–298). English: study translation for BWAB Library—not the copyrighted Robert C. Hill (CUA Press) translation. The full Questions on Exodus (72 questions) is hosted here.