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When you follow a gluten-free diet, it's important to realize that all cereals are not the enemy. In fact, gluten-free whole grains are superb for your diet and essential to good health. Studies show that those who regularly eat whole grains have lower cholesterol levels, reduced risk of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, cancer and obesity.
What Are They?
Whole grains are the seeds or kernels of plants that are composed of:
- the bran, the outer seed layer and source of fiber, B vitamins and antioxidants;
- the germ, the part that sprouts into a new plant and contains protein, healthy fats, B vitamins, vitamin E and minerals;
- and the endosperm, the largest portion of the seed that is mostly starch and small amounts of minerals and vitamins.
Gluten-free whole grains include amaranth; buckwheat; corn; millet; pure, uncontaminated oats; quinoa; rice (black, brown, red, wild); sorghum and teff.
Getting Whole Grains on the Gluten-Free Diet
The typical gluten-free diet is built around white rice and baked products, cereals, snack bars and pasta – often made from white rice flour and starches (corn, potato and tapioca). If you see your own diet in that description, it's time to change how you eat since these refined flours and starches do not contain the bran and germ. That means you're missing out on important nutrients. By using gluten-free whole grains, you can boost the quality of your diet.
How to incorporate whole grains into your meals and snacks:
- Jump start your day with a hot cereal such as gluten-free rolled oats, buckwheat or quinoa flakes, cream of brown rice or cooked amaranth, millet, quinoa, steel-cut gluten-free oats or teff grains. Sprinkle with cinnamon, brown sugar or honey and top with fresh or dried fruits like sliced bananas, blueberries, mangoes, peaches, apricots and raisins.
- Another breakfast option is granola. There are many gluten-free granolas on the market. Or make your own using gluten-free oats, seeds (flax, sesame, sunflower, hemp, chia) and nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans).
- Top yogurt with granola for a great snack.
- Dress cooked buckwheat, gluten-free oat groats or steel-cut oats, quinoa, millet, colored rice (black, brown, red), wild rice, sorghum or teff with a zesty salad dressing. Add chopped green and red onions, peppers and other favorite veggies, along with nuts and seeds for a hearty salad.
- Buy pasta made with amaranth, brown rice, buckwheat, millet or quinoa.
For more ideas about adding whole grains to the gluten-free diet see http://www.glutenfreediet.ca/img/WholeGrainHandoutFinal2012.pdf.
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Kong Him Sing, right, with his double freight wagon at Three Mile Flat, north of Quesnel on the Cariboo Road; 1914. A.J. Wilson photograph.
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Six horse team pulling the K.H. Sing double freight wagons. Two Chinese men driving and a child riding beside the wagons. the man on the left is Kong Him Sing, Photograph taken on the three mile flat north of Quesnel.
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Phase I Trial of Vandetanib Combined With 131I-mIBG to Treat Patients With Advanced Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma (VIBRaNT)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01941849
Recruitment Status : Withdrawn (Poor patient accrual)
First Posted : September 13, 2013
Last Update Posted : December 21, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Phaeochromocytoma Paraganglioma
|Drug: Vandetanib Radiation: 131I-mIBG
|Phase 1
VIBRaNT is a registered phase I trial in patients with locally advanced or metastatic phaeochromocytoma or paraganglioma, not amenable to surgical resection.
Patients will receive vandetanib (an inhibitor of VEGF, EGFR and RET tyrosine kinase) in combination with standard radiation therapy Iodine-131 labelled Meta-iodobenzylguanidine (131I-mIBG).
Vandetanib and 131I-mIBG will be given in 12-weekly cycles: 131I-miBG will be given on day 1 of each cycle and vandetanib will started on day 1 of each cycle and continue to be taken once every day. The phase I trial aims to determine with recommended phase II dose of vandetanib (either 100, 200 or 300 mg once daily) - the dose of vandetanib that patients will receive will depend on the dose under investigation at the time of patient registration.
The vandetanib dose will be determined by the Modified Continual Reassessment Method (mCRM) - a toxicity model which described the probability of a toxicity occurring at each dose level, which is based on clinical judgement and any available toxicity data.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|0 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase I Trial of Vandetanib Combined With 131I-mIBG Radiotherapy in Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumours, Advanced Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
|Study Start Date :
|October 2014
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2015
Experimental: Vandetanib + 131I-mIBG
Vandetanib (100, 200 or 300 mg once daily) in combination with 131I-mIBG radiation therapy (activity to be prescribed to deliver whole body absorbed dose of 0.5 Gy) on day 1 of each 12-weekly cycle.
Patients will receive up to 4 cycles of vandetanib in combination with 131I-mIBG.
Drug: Vandetanib
100 mg, 200 mg or 300 mg taken once a day during each 12-weekly cycle
Other Name: Caprelsa
Radiation: 131I-mIBG
Activity will be prescribed to deliver whole body absorbed dose of 0.5 Gy (+/-10%)
Other Name: Iodine-131 labelled Meta-iodobenzylguanine
- Occurrence of Dose Limiting Toxicity [ Time Frame: From start of cycle 1 to end of cycle 1 (each cycle = 12 weeks) ]Detailed adverse event monitoring will be conducted according to CTCAE v4.03. Dose Limiting Toxicity (DLT) is defined as any adverse event or laboratory abnormality detailed in the trial protocol, that is considered to be highly probable or probable trial treatment related and commencing anytime during the DLT evaluation period (from start of cycle 1 to cycle 1 week 12). Adverse Events include: Haematological, Clinical Chemistry, Cardiovascular, Gastrointestinal, Skin.
- Objective response [ Time Frame: Determined using imaging scans performed at baseline (registration), then every 3 months after start of treatment until disease progression up to 3 years from date of registration ]Response will be assessed according to RECIST v1.1. Confirmation of complete or partial response is not required. Stable disease will be considered the best response only is a second assessment has been carried out which confirmed stable disease at least 4 weeks after trial entry. Assessment will be determined using CT scans and 123I-mIBG scans performed at baseline, then every 3 months after start of treatment until disease progression (up to 3 years from registration)
- Occurrence and Severity of Adverse Events [ Time Frame: From date of registration until 30 days after completion of trial treatment (vandetanib and/or 131I-mIBG) ]Will include all grade 1-5 adverse events.
- Progression Free Survival [ Time Frame: From date of registration to date of documented disease progression or death from any cause, whichever comes first, assessed up to 3 years from date of registration ]Progression-free survival will be calculated from the date of trial entry to the date of documented disease progression, or death from any cause. Where progression is suspected and subsequently confirmed by scans, the date of documented suspected progression will be used.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Histopathological/cytological diagnosis of advanced phaeo/PG defined as patients with local or metastatic disease not amenable to surgical resection, or R1 resection post original surgical debulking
- Positive 123I-mIBG diagnostic scan
- Stable blood pressure (<140/90mmHg), if appropriate, on anti-hypertensive therapy
- No previous systemic chemotherapy within 3 months prior to registration
- No previous mIBG therapy within 12 months prior to registration (previous cumulative activity must not exceed 15 GBq)
- Measurable disease (RECIST v1.1)
- WHO performance status 0 or 1
- Age ≥ 18
- Estimated life expectancy > 3 months.
- Adequate bone marrow function: Haemoglobin ≥ 100 g/L, White Blood Cell ≥ 3.0 x 10^9/L, Absolute neutrophil ≥ 1.5 x 10^9/L, Platelet ≥ 100 x 10^9/L
- Adequate liver function: Total bilirubin ≤1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN); ALT/AST and ALP≤ 2.5 x ULN or ≤ 5 x ULN if related to liver metastases
- Adequate renal function: Serum urea and creatinine < 1.5x ULN AND Calculated creatinine clearance (GFR) ≥50 mL/min. If the calculated GFR is below 50, isotope clearance test is required to confirm GFR ≥50 mL/min
- Electrolytes: Potassium ≥ 4.0 mmol/L and ≤ 5.5 mmol/L, Magnesium ≥ Lower Limit of Normal and ≤ 1.23 mmol/L, Corrected calcium within institution normal range
- Negative pregnancy test for women of child-bearing potential AND be using adequate barrier contraception, which must be continued for 12 months after completion of treatment (male patients must also agree to use barrier contraception during the trial and for 12 months after completion of treatment)
- Able to swallow oral medication
- Capable of giving written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients undergoing current treatment with curative intent
- Previous or current malignancies of other histological types within the last 5 years (exceptions listed in the trial protocol)
- Any prior exposure to VEGF, EGFR or RET inhibitors or history of hypersensitivity to vandetanib or any excipient agents
- Evidence of severe or uncontrolled systemic diseases or laboratory finding that in the view of the investigator makes it undesirable for the patient to participate in the trial
- Evidence of active uncontrolled infection (patients on antibiotics are eligible)
- Chronic gastrointestinal disease (e.g. Inflammatory Bowel Disease) or significant bowel resection that would preclude adequate absorption
Cardiovascular exclusion criteria (complete list provided in the trial protocol):
- Significant cardiac event (myocardial infarction), New York Heart Association Class II or above, within 12 weeks before registration, or presence of cardiac disease that in the opinion of the investigator increased the risk of ventricular arrhythmia
- Prior or current cardiomyopathy
- Baseline LVEF < 40% as measured by ECHO/MUGA
- Atrial fibrillation with heart rate >100 bpm
- Unstable ischaemic heart disease (myocardial infarction within 6 months prior to starting treatment, or angina requiring use of nitrates more than once weekly)
- History of arrhythmia that was symptomatic or required treatment
- QTcB prolongation >480 ms at baseline
- QT prolongation with other medications that required discontinuation of that medication
- Any psychiatric or other disorder likely to impact on informed consent or ability to manage isolation
- Major surgery within 28 days prior to registration
- Brain metastases or spinal cord compression, unless treated at least four weeks before the first dose and stable without steroid treatment for 10 days
- Any concomitant medications that may affect QTc, induce or inhibit CYP3A4 function (with the exception of somatostatin or somatostatin analogue) and/or prohibited medications
- Women who are pregnant or lactating
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01941849
|United Kingdom
|Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
|London, United Kingdom
|The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
|London, United Kingdom
|University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
|London, United Kingdom
|Principal Investigator:
|Christina Thirlwell
|University College London (UCL) Cancer Institute
|Responsible Party:
|University College, London
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|September 13, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|December 21, 2015
|Last Verified:
|December 2015
Neuroendocrine Tumour
Radionucleotide Therapy
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR)
Tyrosine Kinase
Carotid Body Tumor
Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Before John Schnatter became Papa John — and moved into a $7.6 million dollar estate — he was making pizzas out of a closet in a bar in Indiana.
It was 1983.
Schnatter had been rejected from law school. Around the same time, his father bought a down-on-its-luck tavern called Mick's Lounge, and Schnatter started to run the place.
About half a year later, he set up a pizza oven and started selling pies, using skills he'd built from working in pizza joints growing up.
Within three months, he paid off half of the bar's debt.
"At 22, I had something I loved to do, make pizza, and something I was good at, running a business," he told the The Courier-Journal.
The company went public in 1993. The following year, it opened its 500th store, and by 1997, it had 1,500 stores. Today, Papa John's has over 20,000 employees and made $401.4 million in revenue last quarter.
On stage at a National Small Business Week event in Washington, D.C., last week, Schnatter revealed the critical insight that propelled the company to such success.
"At the time, Domino's owned speed, Caesar's owned price, Pizza Hut variety, and 65% of the marketplace was independents," he said. "So I said, 'What if you had a chain that acted like an independent? What if you had a chain focused on quality?' It's pretty obvious."
Schnatter said that the idea was shaped by marketing guru Jack Trout and his 1981 book "Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind." Named by Ad Age as the greatest marketing book of all time, Trout's 1981 text argues that brands only exist in the minds of consumers.
To get an understanding of positioning, marketing consultancy Optimization Group explains:
The breakthrough part of the (book) is that 'a positioning exists only in the mind of the customer.' Ries and Trout felt that, in an era of information overload, which at the time was driven by continuous streams of advertising messages, the consumer would only be able to accept and absorb those messages consistent with prior knowledge or experience. 'Positioning' would help the advertiser break through the message clutter. 'Positioning' presents a simplified message consistent with what the consumer already believes by focusing on the perceptions of the consumer, rather than on the reality of the product.
This is the brilliance of Papa John's gambit: Customers were already familiar with eating quality pizza — their local vendors had been delivering it for years. But no national company had organized itself around quality while benefiting from the economies of scale offered by a nationwide corporation.
Hence the tagline the company has used since the mid '90s: Better Ingredients, Better Pizza.
By making inroads into the space of "quality" in hungry eater's minds (or is it stomachs?), Schnatter was able to take a huge slice out of the now $36 billion pizza industry.


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Brad Holland released a statement earlier today that's been posted on the City of Marion's website.
"When people hear the name Boulder Creek at The Hill, we hope they will consider, not just the shopping, but the many outdoor activities Southern Illinois has to offer. In Colorado, Boulder Creek is a popular recreational spot for many outdoor activities. It is surrounded by thousands of acres of open space, nature preserves, world class hiking trails and bike trails. In Southern Illinois, we hope that Boulder Creek at the Hill will become a destination location where families embrace the many activities that will surround this retail and recreational complex."
Chad Holland is one of the two nephews of Bruce Holland, CEO of Holland Construction that's the lead developer in the project. It was he, and not his uncle, that announced Monday the selection of Ryan Companies as a partner in the developement.
Don't know if it matters, but the uncle's name is not to be found on the web pages for the project on the Holland website. The younger Hollands have been involved in both the Marion project as well its earlier Glen Carbon incarnation, University Town Center.
"One of our objectives is to promote tourism throughout the region. Southern Illinois has an existing and established tourism base," Brad Holland explained Wednesday, "It is our desire to expand upon and draw attention to what's already here."
My first reaction to the Colorado reference wasn't overwhemlingly positive, but I just remembered that our Garden of the Gods was named after the Colorado landmark as well. We've managed to make that our own and will have Camel Rock on a quarter come 2016.
Therefore, I don't see any problems with Boulder Creek, even if our boulders were those excavated by the site's long history of coal mining. That just ties in with the Southern Illinois Miners across the road.
View Marion STAR Bonds District in a larger map
The company website includes a brochure for the project which was presumably prepared last May and has not been updated with the new name.
The brochure does include a site plan, but it's unclear if it is a real plan, or just preliminary drawings. It looks like the retail will be pushed westward to run from Morgan to Longstreet on the north and from the interstate east to Carbon Street extended north to Longstreet. Another major store or single building is planned for the area north of Menards on the west side of the interstate.
Not shown is an entertainment user, one of the necessary factors to get the STAR Bonds organized. It would presumably sit on land between Carbon and Russell, as well as the part of the development east of Russell.
There are pictures of the original Illinois Centre Mall project in City Hall and the mall office. The whole mall got turned around by the time it was built, so these plans will likely change as well.
One of the interesting tidbits in the brochure for the development the Marion Menards is in the top 10 percent of all the Menards stores nationwide.
The Southern online has their version of the news release.


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Lazer Sword
On its new album Memory, the intercontinental duo expands its reach and narrows its focus. […]
Lazer Sword
On its new album Memory, the intercontinental duo expands its reach and narrows its focus. […]
On its new album Memory, the intercontinental duo expands its reach and narrows its focus.
Antaeus Roy and Bryant Rutledge have tapped into a truly remarkable connection over the past four years as Lazer Sword. After first meeting in the West Coast haven of San Francisco (and—full disclosure—working together at XLR8R), Roy and Rutledge began their production careers simultaneously, venturing through the neon grasses of leftfield hip-hop, buzzing electro, and gut-rattling boom-bap with a (excuse the pun) lazer-sharp focus. After an early string of sought-after singles and remixes, followed by the eventual release of the pair's debut self-titled LP, time and circumstances ran their course, sending Roy to Berlin (after a brief stop in New York) and landing his counterpart in Los Angeles shortly thereafter. For a while, it seemed that the Lazer Sword partnership might be destined for the back burner, with Roy enjoying a well-regarded solo career as Lando Kal in Europe and Rutledge putting in consistent work from his SoCal base under the guise of Low Limit. Yet the pair's collaborative chemistry was simply too potent to set aside, and now, with a little help from Modeselektor and its Monkeytown imprint, the international production duo has returned with Memory—an LP brought together by experimentation, evolution, and file sharing.
"Missed a Spot" from Memory
As if it was necessary to find another reason why the internet is so amazing, it is the ability to share data over thousands of miles that makes Lazer Sword possible at all. The outfit's entire album was put together with the duo sharing Ableton files through Dropbox, exchanging the tracks-in-progress back and forth a number of times before landing on a final product. Even still, this barely scratches the surface of the pair's collaborative process, one that has no doubt sharpened and honed over several years of real-life interaction. "We've gotten to a point where we both know each other's style pretty well," notes Roy. "It's actually really fun to get a session back when it sounds totally different. It can be weird to hear the new transition that's been made, but it's fun to take it in too. It adds to the experimentation." When discussing their process, both Roy and Rutledge seem entirely open to possibilities. It becomes apparent that they check their egos at the door and simply work as a unit—albeit one separated by an ocean and two continents. Somehow, alone in their studios, they manage to keep the other in mind, fusing styles and inclinations together as one entity, so much so that even those very familiar with each member's solo work would find it hard to point out which element or which movement could be attributed to which party. Somehow, this combination of production styles beamed across the world in ones and zeros yields a truly seamless collaboration.
Memory presents a considerably new side to Lazer Sword, almost entirely leaving behind the "future-blap" inclinations which marked its earlier output. Instead, the pair steps firmly into the growing bass-music continuum, lacing its productions with fragments of house and techno (from both the Berlin and Detroit side of the spectrum), juke, garage, and everything else in between. In fact, there's not a single heavy-handed snare or buzzing lead (two sounds which ostensibly defined the "Lazer Sword sound" only two years ago) to be found on the entire album. Clearly, both Roy and Rutledge (separately and collectively) have evolved their sound since the Lazer Sword LP appeared, moving away from the more aggressive natures of space-age hip-hop and bombastic electro-glitch in exchange for woozy chords, chopped harmonies, and spiralling percussion. "I feel like we've been working towards the direction where our album is now for a while. It's been a more gradual evolution than it might seem," points out Rutledge. "When Antaeus and I met each other, we were just beginning our lives as producers, and rap was a starting point for both of us, but I feel like we've become a lot more interested in dance music over the years."
However, "dance music" is a rather far-reaching term, and Memory is not concerned with a lot of it. There is a specific sound which characterizes the record, one which is informed by much of the UK-and-beyond bass scene, moving through its various facets with an aimed focus on smoothed-over textures, landing the listener in a slowly revolving space between dense and brooding atmospheres. "Toldyall," the LP's first full-on production, sets the tone rather clearly. Its drum programming is very much indebted to footwork, but the rest of the tune has more in common with the warm trappings of analog techno. From there, the hybrids take their different forms—"Point of No Return" pits a shuffling break against ravey stabs while "Better From U" swings with a half-time step, filled to the brim with tuned toms and luscious, gliding chords. No matter where each album cut ends up, there is a thread that runs through each contribution, a sort of imbued soulfulness that renders itself sonically in the form of vast productions where each element drips and overlaps into the others in an almost gooey fashion. Roy gleams a bit of insight into how this sound was landed on, "Over the last year or two, both Bryant and I have acquired a bit more hardware, and we definitely tried to incorporate that into this album. We didn't want to necessarily have that full-on computer sound, [but] it's fun to tweak toys here and there and mess with sequences."
"Batman" from Lazer Sword
This sonic consistency lends itself to a certain mood, one that's not quite introspective but definitely isn't yelling out for attention. It's a temperament that is quite different from the pair's established discography, but is also something that it seems had been turning in their minds for some time before approaching the new record. "Two or three years ago, I think there was almost a defining point where certain people got into the really hard stuff," says Rutledge. "Some people ended up really into dubstep and everyone else was like fuck that shit." It's safe to say that Lazer Sword ended up on the "fuck that shit" side of the equation. His counterpart lends a slightly more cerebral outlook on the group's current sound. "As an artist, it's fun to test yourself a bit and work with new styles and techniques. It keeps it interesting for everyone, really. If we were to go back and say, 'How can we keep this relevant with all our past efforts?' it'd be boring." Roy goes on to add, "We're trying to bring soul back into it a bit, trying to have more rhythm and more melody. When it comes down to that [big room dubstep] stuff, it's almost the exact opposite. We're looking more towards having better structure and melody in our music."
It's surprising to find out that the entire 11-song effort came together in about a two-month period, resulting in—as they both admit—a rather accurate picture of the mindset they were operating under during that time. According to Rutledge, this was partially by design. "Something that might have flawed our last record is that we tried to do a whole range of styles and [looking back,] I don't necessarily think that was the greatest idea. We had discussions before we started working, as far as where we felt the direction was going and how to meet in the middle and we thought it didn't make sense to try to hit every angle." This sentiment rings true as the LP runs its course, as there is a noticeable cohesiveness between each tune and nothing appears out of context or attempts to turn a head on the "big picture." Rutledge explains, "It's an album, so it's a story to tell, really. If something was out of place, we decided not to try to just shove it in there."
But the question remains, will this new direction alienate their established fan base? So far, both Roy and Rutledge seem to think their evolution has been well received, as Roy states, "I think [the new style] opened up the gate a bit more… we were afraid we were going to scare some people away a bit. For the most part though, our fans are going with the transition just as much as we are." And who can blame them? Even as Lazer Sword makes a clear statement in a new direction—putting them more in line with artists more like labelmates Benjamin Damage and Doc Daneeka or Machinedrum (who, incidentally, counts for one of two guest appearances on Memory, the other coming from Berlin-by-way-of-Detroit producer Jimmy Edgar)—both members' production abilities have only sharpened with time. Ultimately, some fans will undoubtedly be left behind, but hopefully plenty of new ones will be gained, and, in the end, a more compelling and rewarding picture of both Lando Kal and Low Limit will take shape. As long as the internet allows for the exchanging of musical ideas with such rapidness and disregard for distances, most producers will have to move just as quickly along with it. Doing so with the sort of genuine inventiveness Lazer Sword displays on Memory will be the test for those who wish to push the envelope further.
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Were the midwives who attended the Israelites Egyptians or Hebrews?
Students of Old Testament history will recall that as the Hebrew people prospered under Egyptian bondage, their numbers began to grow to the point that it greatly disturbed the Egyptian pharaoh. In order to curb their numbers, and thereby quell any possibility of a future rebellion against his kingdom, the pharaoh gave orders that when male children were born to the Hebrews, they should be killed at birth. Exodus 1:15-16 records:
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah. And he said, "When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live."
There never has been any controversy over the intent of the pharaoh's edict. The text of Exodus 1 makes it clear that the Hebrews' neonatal sons were to be destroyed at birth, in order to prevent the Hebrew nation from growing too powerful for the Egyptians to control. But there has been some controversy over whether the midwives who attended the Israelite women were of Hebrew or Egyptian descent.
At first glance, the controversy would appear to be "much ado about nothing," since the text itself states: "And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives…." But the issue is not quite as clear as it might seem. Numerous biblical scholars and commentators, who have studied the original Hebrew language within the text of Exodus 1:1-22, have concluded that, in the context, the term "Hebrew midwives" actually should be construed as "midwives to the Hebrews."
For example, in his discussion of Exodus 1:15, commentator Albert Barnes, suggested that the phrase "Hebrew midwives" should be translated literally as "midwives of the Hebrew women." He then observed: "The women bear Egyptian names, and were probably Egyptian" (1970, p. 8). In volume one of his Bible Commentary, E.M. Zerr wrote:
These midwives were not Hebrew women but Egyptian according to Josephus. But they are here called Hebrew midwives because they had the special assignment of that work for the Hebrew women. This is apparent also from their names, which are not Hebrew in form. Also, in verse 22 it says his people when charging those on duty at the time of birth of the children. Furthermore, it is not likely that Pharaoh would entrust the business to the Hebrew women since he was much interested in having the babies destroyed in whom they would have had a personal interest (1954, p. 104, emp. added).
W.H. Gispen, in his commentary on Exodus, remarked:
The king summoned the two Egyptian midwives of the Hebrews.... It does not make sense to assume that Hebrew midwives are meant, since the king's plan would then have been doomed to failure from the start. The speech in verse 16 also indicates that the king was not dealing with women who themselves were Hebrews (1982, p. 36).
I find myself in agreement with these commentators. In its context, Exodus 1:22 provides a critical piece of information when it notes that "...Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, 'Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river.' " It was not the Hebrews that Pharaoh charged to carry out this ghastly deed, but "his" people, i.e., Egyptians. And, as Gispen correctly noted, the whole idea of Pharaoh expecting Hebrew midwives to destroy Hebrew newborns would make little sense, and would be doomed from the start. Furthermore, in verse 19, the midwives offered an excuse to Pharaoh to explain why they were unsuccessful in destroying the newborn Hebrew males. "And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.' " The question obviously arises—how would Hebrew midwives have such intimate knowledge of the birthing process of Egyptian women? Egyptian midwives certainly would be expected to know such a thing, but how could Hebrew midwives be expected to possess such knowledge? Additionally, notice that Pharaoh accepted their excuse. Is it likely (again, considering the context) that an Egyptian Pharaoh would have accepted what he very likey would have viewed as a "lame excuse" from Hebrew slave-women serving as midwives? Hardly.
All things considered, therefore, I believe it is correct to state that the phrase of Exodus 1:15, "Hebrew midwives" is, in fact, correctly understood as "Egyptian midwives to the Hebrews" (as the Jewish historian Josephus corroborated).
Barnes, Albert (1973 reprint), Notes on the New Testament: Exodus-Ruth (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker).
Gispen, W.H. (1982), Exodus (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan).
Zerr, E.M. (1954), Bible Commentary (Bowling Green, KY: Guardian of Truth Publications).


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