The first of these women are the Hebrew midwives, Shifra and Puah. In Exodus 1:15-19, Pharaoh himself instructs them to kill all of the male babies as soon as they are born.

He summons two Hebrew midwives, Shifra and Puah, and commands them to kill all the Hebrew boys who they help to deliver. ... (Exodus 1:20-21) As committed as ever, ...

(Exodus 1:17) "But the midwives feared God and they did not do as the king of Egypt spoke to them, ... But Shiphrah and Puah, the Egyptian midwives of the Hebrew women (or Jochebed and Miriam, ...

I began with Exodus. Moses takes center stage in the first chapter of Exodus as the child who escapes Pharaoh’s order to kill all of the Hebrew sons, thanks in large part to his hermana Miriam and his ...

What we can learn from the Hebrew midwives of Exodus who defied a tyrant to protect the vulnerable. Biblical teaching generally pushes Christians to advocate for submission to authorities, whether ...

In the Bible, a Hebrew woman with the same name, Shiphrah, was one of two midwives the Pharaoh commissioned to kill all the male Hebrew children at the time Moses was born (Exodus 1:15). She didn’t.

The midwives answered Pharaoh, ‘Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.’ (Bible, Exodus 1:8-19) ...

Exodus, Chapter 1 Exodus begins with a population crisis. ... They keep multiplying, so Pharaoh then orders Hebrew midwives to kill all boys born to Hebrew women.

This week's Torah portion tells of the Hebrew midwives named Shifrah and Puah. Despite Pharaoh's wicked command to kill the ...