Pharaoh was the instrument of Satan, and is a type of him. Blessed is the record of the faithful Hebrew midwives. They were pious women. Satan tried to use woman again for his sinister purposes, but he failed. Later we find that the wicked Pharaoh was defeated by the faith of a Hebrew mother and by the lovingkindness of his own daughter. (Chapter 2) And God rewarded the actions of these women. They received honors; their families increased and were blest. When Pharaoh sees his attempt frustrated