_THEN THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, NOW SHALT THOU SEE WHAT I WILL DO TO PHARAOH: FOR WITH A STRONG HAND SHALL HE LET THEM GO, AND WITH A STRONG HAND SHALL HE DRIVE THEM OUT OF HIS LAND._ Lord said unto Moses. The Lord, who is long-suffering and indulgent to the errors and, infirmities of His people, m... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GOD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, AND SAID UNTO HIM, I AM THE LORD:_ And God spoke unto Moses. For his further encouragement, there was made to him an emphatic repetition of the promise (Exodus 3:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I APPEARED UNTO ABRAHAM, UNTO ISAAC, AND UNTO JACOB, BY THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY, BUT BY MY NAME JEHOVAH WAS I NOT KNOWN TO THEM._ I am God Almighty. All enemies must fall, all difficulties must vanish before my Omnipotent power, and the patriarchs had abundant proofs of this. BUT BY MY NAME... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I HAVE ALSO ESTABLISHED MY COVENANT WITH THEM, TO GIVE THEM THE LAND OF CANAAN, THE LAND OF THEIR PILGRIMAGE, WHEREIN THEY WERE STRANGERS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES SPAKE SO UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: BUT THEY HEARKENED NOT UNTO MOSES FOR ANGUISH OF SPIRIT, AND FOR CRUEL BONDAGE._ Moses spake. The increased severities inflicted on the Israelites seem to have so entirely crushed their spirits, as well as irritated them, that they refused to listen... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE BE THE HEADS OF THEIR FATHERS' HOUSES: THE SONS OF REUBEN THE FIRSTBORN OF ISRAEL; HANOCH, AND PALLU, HEZRON, AND CARMI: THESE BE THE FAMILIES OF REUBEN._ These be the heads - chiefs or governors of their houses. The insertion of this genealogical table in this part of the narrative was inte... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF SIMEON; JEMUEL, AND JAMIN, AND OHAD, AND JACHIN, AND ZOHAR, AND SHAUL THE SON OF A CANAANITISH WOMAN: THESE ARE THE FAMILIES OF SIMEON._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AMRAM TOOK HIM JOCHEBED HIS FATHER'S SISTER TO WIFE; AND SHE BARE HIM AARON AND MOSES: AND THE YEARS OF THE LIFE OF AMRAM WERE AN HUNDRED AND THIRTY AND SEVEN YEARS._ Jochebed ... father's sister. The Septuagint and Syriac versions render it, his cousin.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF IZHAR; KORAH, AND NEPHEG, AND ZICHRI._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AARON TOOK HIM ELISHEBA, DAUGHTER OF AMMINADAB, SISTER OF NAASHON, TO WIFE; AND SHE BARE HIM NADAB, AND ABIHU, ELEAZAR, AND ITHAMAR._ Elisheba, [Septuagint, Elisabet] - i:e., Elizabeth. The minute particulars recorded of the family of Aaron, while he has passed over his own, indicts the real m... [ Continue Reading ]