Puah, like Shifra, is one of the Hebrew midwives mentioned in Exodus 1 who defies Pharaoh’s orders to kill the boy babies. This first act of defiance was instrumental in leading to the Israelite exodus from Egypt. Puah is often identified in the midrash with Miriam, Moses’ older sister.
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