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A close reading of the beginning of Exodus shows that a number of women were involved in bringing about the redemption.● Shifra & Puah, the midwives,(Jewish or Egyptian?) refused to fulfill Pharoah’s command to kill the newborn Jewish boys. Their “excuse” - The Jewish women give birth early & naturally, without needing midwives. They utilize Pharoah’s fear of the Jews that reproduce so greatly as animals, to excuse themselves. They “feared G-d” (his moral law) more than the feared the almighty...