Finally, the king called in Shiphrah and Puah, the two women who helped the Hebrew mothers when they gave birth.
that their lives were miserable. The Egyptians were cruel to the people of Israel and forced them to make bricks and to mix mortar and to work in the fields.
He told them, “If a Hebrew woman gives birth to a girl, let the child live. If the baby is a boy, kill him!”
Jonah answered, “I'm a Hebrew, and I worship the LORD God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”