ויעש להם בתים

Points of Dispute

These are some of the central points of dispute (נקודות המחלוקת) between the various exegetes:

• Identity of Midwives
  • Israelite
    • Yocheved and Miryam/Elisheva – Sifre Bemidbar, Rav and Shemuel in Bavli Sotah, Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan), Targum Yerushalmi (Fragmentary), Shemot Rabbah, Rashi.
    • Women unknown from elsewhere in Tanakh – Rashbam, R"Y Bekhor Shor.
  • Egyptian – Abarbanel, Shadal.
  • Converts – Midrash Tadshe, R. Yehuda HeChasid.