Who the Midwives Shiphrah and Puah Truly Were

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 164:3

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(Exodus 1:15) "And the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, the name of one being Shiphrah and the name of the second Puah." Rav and Shmuel: one said, a woman and her daughter, Jochebed and Miriam; and one said, a daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law, Jochebed and Elisheba. It was taught in accordance with the one who said a woman and her daughter. Shiphrah, this is Jochebed; and why was her name called Shiphrah? Because she would beautify [meshaperet] the newborn.

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