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Puah

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: P

By: George A. Morrish

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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1. One of the midwives who preserved the male Hebrew children, contrary to the commandment of the king (Ex. 1:15¹⁵And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: (Exodus 1:15)).

2. Father of Tola, of the tribe of Issachar (Judg. 10:1¹And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. (Judges 10:1)).

3. The name apparently given to Phuvah (1 Chron. 7:1¹Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. (1 Chronicles 7:1)).

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