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was "taken out of man" (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has the preeminence. "The head of the woman is the man;" but yet honour is to be shown to the wife, "as unto the weaker vessel" (1-Cor 11:3, 1-Cor 11: 8, 9; 1-Pet 3:7). Several women are mentioned in Scripture as having been endowed with prophetic gifts, as Miriam (Exo 15:20), Deborah (Judg. 4:4, Judg. 4: 5), Huldah (2-Kings 22:14), Noadiah (Neh. 6:14), Anna (Luke 2:36, Luke 2: 37), and the daughters of Philip the evangelist (Acts 21:8, Acts 21: 9). Women are forbidden to teach publicly (1-Cor 14:34, 1-Cor 14: 35; 1-Tim 2:11, 1-Tim 2: 12). Among the Hebrews it devolved upon women to prepare the meals for the household (Gen. 18:6; 2-Sam 13:8), to attend to the work of spinning (Exo 35:26; Prov. 31:19), and making clothes (1-Sam 2:19; Prov. 31:21), to bring water from the well (Gen. 24:15; 1-Sam 9:11), and to care for the flocks (Gen. 29:6; Exo 2:16). The word "woman," as used in Matt. 15:28, Matt. 15: John 2:4 20:13, 20: 15, implies tenderness and courtesy and not disrespect. Only where revelation is known has woman her due place of honour assigned to her.
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