And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Midwives. Egyptian women, who assisted all of that district. (Josephus, xi. 5.) There were others under them. Some think all these midwives were of Hebrew extraction, as their names are Hebrew (Calmet)
