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The Midwives — Shiphrah and Puah

שִׁפְרָה וּפוּעָה
Exodus 1:15–21
The Midwives — Shiphrah and Puah — Exodus 1:15–21

Two midwives. One command from Pharaoh — kill every Hebrew boy at birth. Shiphrah and Puah refuse. The first act of civil disobedience in Scripture, carried out by two women whose names the Torah preserves while Pharaoh's name is never given.

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