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Trellastic

(49 posts)
Fri Dec 13, 2024, 12:21 PM Dec 13

These woman did what John Lewis might call 'good trouble'.

Exodus 1:15-21
New English Translation
15 The king of Egypt said[a] to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,[c] 16 [d] “When you assist[e] the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery:[f] If it is a son, kill him,[g] but if it is a daughter, she may live.”[h] 17 But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.[j]

18 Then the king of Egypt summoned[k] the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this and let the boys live?”[l] 19 The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew[m] women are not like the Egyptian women—for the Hebrew women[n] are vigorous; they give birth before the midwife gets to them!”[o] 20 So God treated the midwives well,[p] and the people multiplied and became very strong. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he made[q] households[r] for them."
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%201%3A15-21&version=NET#:~:text=Passage,%5D%20for%20them.
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