What Is the Role of Women in Jehovah's Purpose?- WOMEN WHO HAD JEHOVAH'S SUPPORT

 After the rebellion in Eden, humans continued to disobey Jehovah.  In recent  years, the conduct of humans has become worse.  Without a doubt, these are "critical times hard to deal with,"  as the Bible foretold.  (2 Timothy 3:1-5) Despite the wickedness of some, there have always been men and women who have disobeyed God's laws and accepted him as their Ruler.  They have trusted in Jehovah, and he has helped and supported them. - Read PSALM 71:5.

In Noah's time, Jehovah destroyed wicked people by means of the Flood, and very few humans survived.  If Noah's brothers and sisters were still alive at that time, they also died in the Flood.  (Genesis 5:30)  But the number of women who survived in the Flood was the same number as the number of men.  The survivors were Noah, his wife, their three sons, and their wives.  They were saved because they obeyed Jehovah and did his will.  All humans now living come from those eight people whom God helped and protected. - GENESIS 7:7; 1 PETEr 3:20.

 Years later, the wives of  faithful patriarchs also had God's help and protection.  They did not complain about their  life, and Jehovah blessed them. (Jude 16)  One such woman was Sarah.  When she was asked to leave her comfortable home in Ur to live in tents, she did not complain.   Instead, she "obeyed Abraham, calling him lord." (1 Peter 3:6) Think also of Rebekah, the wife of Isaac. She was a wonderful gift from Jehovah.  The Bible says that Isaac  "fell in love with her, and . . . found comfort after the loss of his mother," (Genesis 24:67)   Today, Jehovah's people are privileged to have many faithful women like Sarah and Rebekah among them.

While the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, they grew and became a large nation. Pharaoh commanded that all Israelite baby boys be killed at birth. There two Israelite women who seemed to be responsible for the midwives.  Their names were Shiphrah and Puah.  Because  they feared Jehovah more than they feared Pharaoh's command to kill the baby boys.  And Jehovah later rewarded them with their own families. - EXODUS 1:15-21.

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