_NOW THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHICH CAME INTO EGYPT; EVERY MAN AND HIS HOUSEHOLD CAME WITH JACOB._ Now these are the names ... (see the note at Genesis 46:8-26.) This book is prefaced by an abridged recapitulation of the list of Jacob's family who immigrated with him into Egyp... [ Continue Reading ]
_REUBEN, SIMEON, LEVI, AND JUDAH,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOSEPH DIED, AND ALL HIS BRETHREN, AND ALL THAT GENERATION._ Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation, х_ DOWR_ (H1755), a circle; Septuagint, genea] - signifies not a generation, consisting of thirty years, but, as Rosenmuller explains it, 'the sum total of the lives of cont... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE FRUITFUL, AND INCREASED ABUNDANTLY, AND MULTIPLIED, AND WAXED EXCEEDING MIGHTY; AND THE LAND WAS FILLED WITH THEM._ The children of Israel. The ethnic name of the descendants of Jacob was Hebrews. "The children of Israel," or "Israelites," was a religious designatio... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THERE AROSE UP A NEW KING OVER EGYPT, WHICH KNEW NOT JOSEPH._ Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, х_ WAYAAQAAM_ (H6965)] - ascended the throne; appeared in totally different circumstances from those of a regular succession: for so the word is used 1 Kings 3:12; 2 Kings 23:23. х_ MELEK_ ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID UNTO HIS PEOPLE, BEHOLD, THE PEOPLE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE MORE AND MIGHTIER THAN WE:_ Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. Let the Hebrews have multiplied at ever so rapid a rate of increase, it cannot be supposed that, within so brief a p... [ Continue Reading ]
_COME ON, LET US DEAL WISELY WITH THEM; LEST THEY MULTIPLY, AND IT COME TO PASS, THAT, WHEN THERE FALLETH OUT ANY WAR, THEY JOIN ALSO UNTO OUR ENEMIES, AND FIGHT AGAINST US, AND SO GET THEM UP OUT OF THE LAND._ Let us deal wisely with them, х_ NITªCHAKªMAAH_ (H2449)] - let us show ourselves cunning... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE THEY DID SET OVER THEM TASKMASTERS TO AFFLICT THEM WITH THEIR BURDENS. AND THEY BUILT FOR PHARAOH TREASURE CITIES, PITHOM AND RAAMSES._ They did set over them taskmasters ..., х_ SAAREEY_ (H8269) _ MICIYM_ (H4522)] - masters of tribute service, service masters; or [taking _ MAC_ (H4522)... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE MORE THEY AFFLICTED THEM, THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED AND GREW. AND THEY WERE GRIEVED BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY MADE THEIR LIVES BITTER WITH HARD BONDAGE, IN MORTER, AND IN BRICK, AND IN ALL MANNER OF SERVICE IN THE FIELD: ALL THEIR SERVICE, WHEREIN THEY MADE THEM SERVE, WAS WITH RIGOUR._ They made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the fi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF EGYPT SPAKE TO THE HEBREW MIDWIVES, OF WHICH THE NAME OF THE ONE WAS SHIPHRAH, AND THE NAME OF THE OTHER PUAH:_ The king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives. It appears from the monumental sculptures that female accoucheurs were employed in ancient as in modern Egypt (Wilkinson,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, WHEN YE DO THE OFFICE OF A MIDWIFE TO THE HEBREW WOMEN, AND SEE THEM UPON THE STOOLS; IF IT BE A SON, THEN YE SHALL KILL HIM: BUT IF IT BE A DAUGHTER, THEN SHE SHALL LIVE._ When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools, х_ `AL_ (H5921) _ HAA'AABª... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE MIDWIVES FEARED GOD, AND DID NOT AS THE KING OF EGYPT COMMANDED THEM, BUT SAVED THE MEN_ _ CHILDREN ALIVE._ The midwives feared God ... Their faith inspired them with such courage as to risk their lives by disobeying the mandate of a cruel tyrant; but it was blended with weakness, which ma... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING OF EGYPT CALLED FOR THE MIDWIVES, AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHY HAVE YE DONE THIS THING, AND HAVE SAVED THE MEN CHILDREN ALIVE?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 MIDWIVES COME IN UNTO THEM._ The Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women. It might be that the simple and active habits of the former rendered the labours o... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE GOD DEALT WELL WITH THE MIDWIVES: AND THE PEOPLE MULTIPLIED, AND WAXED VERY MIGHTY._ Therefore God dealt well with the midwives ... This represents God as rewarding them for telling a lie. The difficulty is wholly removed by a more correct translation. To 'make' or to 'build a house,' in... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PHARAOH CHARGED ALL HIS PEOPLE, SAYING, EVERY SON THAT IS BORN YE SHALL CAST INTO THE RIVER, AND EVERY DAUGHTER YE SHALL SAVE ALIVE._ Pharaoh charged all his people - most probably the order was confined to his officers and guards, who, on hearing of a birth having taken place, or of the rite... [ Continue Reading ]