<p>The story of Puah and Shiphrah, two Egyptian midwives who choose, despite the great forces arrayed against them, to put their lives on the line for the sake of the slavewomen of Goshen. Based on Exodus 1:15-21.</p>

The story of Puah and Shiphrah, two Egyptian midwives who choose, despite the great forces arrayed against them, to put their lives on the line for the sake of the slavewomen of Goshen. Based on Exodus 1:15-21.

3.1 The midwives who defied a god

I created this podcast – to attempt to retell some of my favourite Bible stories in a way that might help us to hear them as their first listeners would have done so. Such a retelling may not help us to know exactly what happened, but I hope it might help us to delve into those truths that they were trying to communicate.

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