Dorothy Valcárcel

Dorothy Valcárcel

Christian Post Guest Contributor

Miriam - A Woman of Discernment

Then said his (Moses) sister (Miriam) to Pharaoh's daughter, 'Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

Miriam - A Woman of Discernment

Jochebed - A Mother's Influence

And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

Jochebed - A Mother's Influence

Jochebed - A Mother's Ingenuity

And when she (Jochebed) could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

Jochebed - A Mother's Ingenuity

Jochebed - A Mother's Strength

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three month and the woman took the child, and nursed it. And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son...

Jochebed - A Mother's Strength

Pharaoh's Daughter - A Woman with a Backbone

"And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. ...

Pharaoh's Daughter - A Woman with a Backbone

Jochebed - A Mother's Character

And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt; and she bare unto Amram, Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

Jochebed - A Mother's Character

Shiphrah and Puah: Protectors of Life

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.

Shiphrah and Puah: Protectors of Life

Shiphrah and Puah

And 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: And he said, 'when ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools

Shiphrah and Puah

The Lord Was with Him

"And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 'Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art."

The Lord Was with Him