Shiphrah

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Shiphrah (shĭf`rə), in the Bible, midwife ordered to kill Hebrew boys.

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No references found			First, two God-fearing midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, disobey the Egyptian pharaoh's order to kill every male child born to the enslaved Israelite people. A woman's place is in the Bible: far from being just a story about ... by Hens-Piazza, Gina / U.S. Catholic The first image of leader that Porter uses is of Puah and Shiphrah, the midwives in Exodus, as archetypes of those leaders who nurture others and give help give birth to new ideas and dreams. Leading Ladies: Transformative Biblical Images for Women's Leadership by Kleingartner, Connie / Currents in Theology and Mission When the two rebellious midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, are added this makes 12 daughters whose actions for life the continuation of the 12 tribes of Israel. Defiant daughters: in a time of hardened hearts, the story of Exodus ... by Dykstra, Laurel A. / Sojourners			ship report ship salvage ship scaffold ship spike Ship Stabilizer Ship Sturgeon Ship Superstructures ship synoptic code ship's bottom roof ship's clock Ship's Details Ship's Equipment ship's field error ship's head ship's lines Ship's Piping Systems Ship, Principal Measurements of a ship-and-galley tile ship-tended acoustic relay ship-to-shore movement Shipboard Shipboard Hydrometeorological Station shipbuilder Shipbuilding shipfitter Shiphrah Shipitsyno Shipka Shipka Pass shiplap shiplap board shiplap boards shiplap siding Shipley Shipman, Ellen shipmate Shipov Forest Shipov, Dmitrii Shipov, Dmitrii Nikolaevich Shipovnik Shipovo Kurgans Shippen, William, Jr. shipper Shipping shipping and storage container shipping control shipping designator shipping document Shipping Fever shipping lane Shipping Market			shipbuilding shipbuilding Shipbuilding & Conversion Residual Asset Management Program Shipbuilding & Conversion, Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy Shipbuilding and Industrial Advisory Committee Shipbuilding and Repair Quality Standards Shipbuilding Association of Canada Shipbuilding companies Shipbuilding companies shipbuilding industry Shipbuilding Innovation Scheme Shipbuilding Material Management System Shipbuildings and Logistics SHIPCO ShipConstructor Software, Inc. SHIPDA SHIPDAFOL SHIPDTO shipfitter Shipfitter First Class Shipfitter Second Class Shipfitter Third Class Shipful SHIPGO Shipholder Shiphrah SHIPIM Shiping Shiping Shiping Shiping Shipitsyno Shipka Shipka Pass Shipka Pass shiplap shiplap shiplap board shiplap boards shiplap boards shiplap siding shiplap siding shiplapped shiplapped shiplapping shiplapping shiplaps shiplaps Shipless Shipless Shipless Shiplet Shipley Shipley, Jenny shipload shipload

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