All 8 Uses
midwife
in
Exodus
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- 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 1:16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.†
Chpt 1-5midwives = non-doctors who practice the profession of assisting women in childbirth
- 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 1:16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.†
Chpt 1-5
- 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.†
Chpt 1-5 *midwives = non-doctors who practice the profession of assisting women in childbirth
- 1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?†
Chpt 1-5
- 1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.†
Chpt 1-5
- 1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.†
Chpt 1-5
- 1:20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.†
Chpt 1-5
- 1:21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.†
Chpt 1-5
Definitions:
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(1)
(midwife) a trained (usually non-doctor) professional who assists women in childbirth; or more broadly, a person who helps bring something new into existence or helps guide it into being
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)