So God dealt well with the midwives. And the people multiplied and grew very strong.
The enmity of the seed of the serpent against the seed of the woman divests men of humanity itself and makes them forget all pity. Even confessed innocence is no defence against this old enmity; what blood so guiltless as that of a newborn child, yet it is shed like water and sucked with delight. Pharaoh and Herod proved themselves agents for that great red dragon, standing to devour God's people.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 1:15-22
Wherefore God dealt well with the midwives,.... He approved of their conduct upon the whole, however difficult it may be to clear them from all blame in this matter; though some think that what they said was the truth, though they might not tell all the truth; yea, that they made a glorious confession of their faith in God, and plainly told the king, that...
God dealt well with the midwives--This represents God as rewarding them for telling a lie. This difficulty is wholly removed by a more correct translation. To "make" or "build up a house" in Hebrew idiom, means to have a numerous progeny.