Midwife in Biblical History

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What is a Midwife?
MID'WIFE
The two midwives mentioned in Ex 1:15 are probably representatives or superintendents of a whole class, as such a number seems to stand in a decided disproportion to the needs of the Jewish nation at that time. The expression "upon the stools," in the following verse, refers to a kind of chair in which the patient sat during the birth, and which is still in use in modern Egypt.

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