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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Shiphrah (Woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness)
Pharaoh told the Hebrew midwives to kill the baby boys as they were born. Shiphrah and Puah would not do it, and God rewarded them.
First, in plain English
Pharaoh told the Hebrew midwives to kill the baby boys as they were born. Shiphrah and Puah would not do it, and God rewarded them.
Who this is
One of the two Hebrew midwives, alongside Puah, who defied Pharaoh's order to kill Israelite baby boys at birth and were rewarded by God for their courage (Exodus 1:15-21). Their names are among the few individual Israelites recorded before Moses' birth.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H8236
Where it appears
- Exodus 1:15
