Midwives may not have been lying: Remember, both Egyptian men and women were 'soft', the women didn't work the way the Hebrew slave women did. Hebrew women were stronger, and stronger women have faster births. (Not to mention the fact we all have heard of babies that came before one can get to a doctor...) Now they likely timed the arrival so they could legitimately say what they said, but I don't think they lied, per se.
Deceit is deceit. Bald face lie or tacit lie. But even if it could be argued otherwise, I absolutely would lie to an evil agency if they planned on using my knowledge to hurt people.
Midwives may not have been lying: Remember, both Egyptian men and women were 'soft', the women didn't work the way the Hebrew slave women did. Hebrew women were stronger, and stronger women have faster births. (Not to mention the fact we all have heard of babies that came before one can get to a doctor...) Now they likely timed the arrival so they could legitimately say what they said, but I don't think they lied, per se.
Deceit is deceit. Bald face lie or tacit lie. But even if it could be argued otherwise, I absolutely would lie to an evil agency if they planned on using my knowledge to hurt people.