1) Biblical midwife 
Puah (meaning `splendid`) is a name given to two persons in the Bible: ==Puah and Shiphrah== The 11th century Jewish rabbi Rashi`s Talmud commentary on the passage from Exodus identifies Shiphrah with Jochebed, the mother of Moses, and Puah with Miriam, Moses` sister, making the two midwives mother and daughter respectively. However, in Midras...