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Puah

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The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Puah. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male…
  2. 2.A descendant of Issachar (Judg.

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  1. Puah (1)

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    One of the two midwives who feared God, and refused to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth (Ex. 1:15-21).

  2. Puah (2)

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    A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1).

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The father of Tola, a man of the tribe of Issachar and judge of Israel after Abimelech. (Judges 10:1) (B.C. 1211.) The son of Issachar, (1 Chronicles 7:1) elsewhere called Phuvah and Pua. One of the two midwives to whom Pharaoh gave instructions to kill the Hebrew male children at their birth. (Exodus 1:15) (B.C. 1571.)

In the Bible

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Verses where Puah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 7:1

    The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

  • Exodus 1:15

    Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,

  • Judges 10:1

    After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.

Scripture on Puah

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Entries that reference Puah

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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