Chasidut for Exodus 1:20
וַיֵּ֥יטֶב אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֑ת וַיִּ֧רֶב הָעָ֛ם וַיַּֽעַצְמ֖וּ מְאֹֽד׃
And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
Kedushat Levi
Exodus 1,21. “It was because the midwives had demonstrated fear of the Lord, that He built houses for them.” In these houses the midwives lived and could practice their G’d fearing ways undisturbed. In the event that someone would think that the midwives continued their dangerous way of saving Jewish boy babies on account of the heavenly reward they expected for this, the Torah twice mentioned that they were G’d-fearing, so that there was no element of serving G’d for the sake of the eventual reward.
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