Someone bigger than Pharaoh. They feared God. This is the belief of living our lives worthily, sensibly, and reverently in the presence of God. The midwives felt that the victims were merely boys, innocent babies, and human beings. It's a personal relief to know that we have done what is proper, right, necessary.
Fear is first in order or instinct, first in force, first in fruit or outcome.
A tyrannical husband demanded that his wife conform to rigid standards of his choosing. She was to do certain things for him as a wife, mother, and homemaker. In time she came to hate her husband as much as she hated his lists of rules and regulations. Then, one day he died-mercifully as far as she was concerned. Some time later, she fell in love with another man and married him.