Exodus 1: 15-17: “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: 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. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.”
This section gives us the names of two of Israel’s greatest heroes. Shiphrah and Puah may have been midwives but they were slaves as well. They risked their own lives to save the Israeli boys who were born during that period. We know much more about the great warriors, generals and kings of the Old Testament, including women like Deborah but who remembers the names of these women? They saved the boys, including Moses. After Israel left Egypt they had 603,550 fighting men (Num 1: 46) plus the Levites and all the boys who were under age. I wonder how many of these men were saved by the Hebrew midwives? It is possible for anyone to do great things for the Lord even though they don’t have a high profile or powerful job. The only requirement is that we fear the Lord.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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