_AND THERE WENT A MAN OF THE HOUSE OF LEVI, AND TOOK TO WIFE A DAUGHTER OF LEVI._ There went a man ... The name of the man was Amram, and that of the woman whom he espoused was Jochebed, who is called "a daughter of Levi." Her immediate descent from Levi seems to be confirmed (Exodus 6:20) by the s... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WOMAN CONCEIVED, AND BARE A SON: AND WHEN SHE SAW HIM THAT HE WAS A GOODLY CHILD, SHE HID HIM THREE MONTHS._ The woman ... bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child ..., х_ TOWB_ (H2896)] - attractive to the eye, fair, beautiful [Septuagint, asteion (cf. Hebrews 11:23) _... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN SHE COULD NOT LONGER HIDE HIM, SHE TOOK FOR HIM AN ARK OF BULRUSHES, AND DAUBED IT WITH SLIME AND WITH PITCH, AND PUT THE CHILD THEREIN; AND SHE LAID IT IN THE FLAGS BY THE RIVER'S BRINK._ She took for him an ark of bulrushes, х_ TEEBAT_ (H8392); Septuagint, thibeen] - a chest, coffer, or... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIS SISTER STOOD AFAR OFF, TO WIT WHAT WOULD BE DONE TO HIM._ His sister - Miriam would probably be a girl of 10 or 12 years of age at the time.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH CAME DOWN TO WASH HERSELF AT THE RIVER; AND HER MAIDENS WALKED ALONG BY THE RIVER'S SIDE; AND WHEN SHE SAW THE ARK AMONG THE FLAGS, SHE SENT HER MAID TO FETCH IT._ The daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river. Dr. Adam Clarke maintains that there was n... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN SHE HAD OPENED IT, SHE SAW THE CHILD: AND, BEHOLD, THE BABE WEPT. AND SHE HAD COMPASSION ON HIM, AND SAID, THIS IS ONE OF THE HEBREWS' CHILDREN._ When she had opened it - the princess exclaimed, "This is one of the Hebrews' children" - most probably recognized to be one of that race by th... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID HIS SISTER TO PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER, SHALL I GO AND CALL TO THEE A NURSE OF THE HEBREW WOMEN, THAT SHE MAY NURSE THE CHILD FOR THEE?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILD GREW, AND SHE BROUGHT HIM UNTO PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER, AND HE BECAME HER SON. AND SHE CALLED HIS NAME MOSES: AND SHE SAID, BECAUSE I DREW HIM OUT OF THE WATER._ She brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter. Though it must have been nearly as severe a trial for Jochebed to part with him the se... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN MOSES WAS GROWN, THAT HE WENT OUT UNTO HIS BRETHREN, AND LOOKED ON THEIR BURDENS: AND HE SPIED AN EGYPTIAN SMITING AN HEBREW, ONE OF HIS BRETHREN._ In those days, when Moses was grown - not in age and stature only, but in power, as well as in renown for acco... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN HE WENT OUT THE SECOND DAY, BEHOLD, TWO MEN OF THE HEBREWS STROVE TOGETHER: AND HE SAID TO HIM THAT DID THE WRONG, WHEREFORE SMITEST THOU THY FELLOW?_ Two men of the Hebrews strove. The benevolent mediation in this strife, though made in the kindest and mildest manner, was resented, and t... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW WHEN PHARAOH HEARD THIS THING, HE SOUGHT TO SLAY MOSES. BUT MOSES FLED FROM THE FACE OF PHARAOH, AND DWELT IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN: AND HE SAT DOWN BY A WELL._ Moses fled ... and dwelt in the land of Midian - situated on the shore of the Eastern gulf of the Red Sea, and occupied by the posterity... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN HAD SEVEN DAUGHTERS: AND THEY CAME AND DREW WATER, AND FILLED THE TROUGHS TO WATER THEIR FATHER'S FLOCK._ Now the priest of Midian - as the offices were usually conjoined, he was the ruler also of the people called Cushites or Ethiopians, and, like many other chiefs of pas... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS IN PROCESS OF TIME, THAT THE KING OF EGYPT DIED: AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SIGHED BY REASON OF THE BONDAGE, AND THEY CRIED, AND THEIR CRY CAME UP UNTO GOD BY REASON OF THE BONDAGE._ The king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed. The language seems to imply that the... [ Continue Reading ]