Story · 2 · Miriam
Five women started the Exodus
Before Moses ever said 'Let my people go,' two midwives, a mother, a girl, and Pharaoh's own daughter had already defied a genocidal decree.
Liberation began with women who refused.
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The midwives outwit Pharaoh. Moses' mother hides him in a basket. His sister Miriam boldly offers the princess a Hebrew nurse, so the baby's own mother raises him and is paid for it. Their solidarity crossed lines of class and ethnicity.
Bible reference: Exodus 1–2
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 29–30
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