These be the heads of their father's houses. The tribes were considered as branching off first into families, or clans, or heads of the father-houses; these again branch off into the father-houses themselves. The sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these be the families of Reuben. Cf Genesis 46:9; 1 Chronicles 5:3.
Verse Exodus 6:14. _THESE BE THE HEADS_] ראשי _rashey_, the _chiefs_ or _captains_. The following genealogy was simply intended to show that Moses and Aaron came in a direct line from Abraham, and to...
THESE BE THE HEADS - We have in the following verses, not a complete genealogy, but a summary account of the family of the two brothers. Moses records for the satisfaction of Hebrew readers, to whom g...
CHAPTER 6:1-27 JEHOVAH'S ANSWERS AND THE GENEALOGY _ 1. Jehovah answers Moses (Exodus 6:1)_ 2. The Genealogy (Exodus 6:14) Moses' “wherefore” and “why,” his outburst of impatience, is graciously met...
An insertion by the editor, who in Exodus 6:13 anticipates the mention of Aaron (Exodus 7:1 f.), and in Exodus 6:14 compresses a wider genealogy to give the pedigree of Moses and Aaron, and in...
MOSES AND AARON shown to be the crown of the previous pedigrees. They gather the "heads" who are to speak to Pharaoh, Exodus 6:27....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 6 AND JE-HO-VAH SAID UNTO MO-SES, NOW SHALT THOU SEE WHAT I WILL DO TO PHA-RAOH: FOR BY A STRONG HAND SHALL HE LET THEM GO, AND BY A STRONG HAND SHALL HE DRIVE THEM OUT...
_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 govern...
HANOCH] the Hebrew form of Enoch....
THE RENEWAL OF THE PROMISE. GENEALOGIES OF REUBEN, SIMEON, AND LEVI 1. The STRONG HAND is the hand of Jehovah, not of Pharaoh. So RV renders, 'by a strong hand,' i.e. under the compelling force of Je...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 6 V1 Then the *LORD replied to Moses. ‘Now you will see what I will d...
THE FAMILY OF MOSES. (14) THESE BE THE HEADS OF THEIR FATHERS’ HOUSES. — Genealogies have always had a special interest for the Semitic races. They occupy quite as prominent a position in Arabian as i...
REUBEN... SIMEON. — It fixes the position of the family of Levi in the house of Jacob to commence the genealogy with a mention of the two elder brothers. As, however, the writer is really concerned on...
אֵ֖לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֣י בֵית ־אֲבֹתָ֑ם בְּנֵ֨י רְאוּבֵ֜ן...
CHAPTER VI. _ THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MOSES._ Exodus 6:1. We have seen that the name Jehovah expresses not a philosophic meditation, but the most bracing and reassuring truth--viz., that an immutable a...
THE LINE OF DESCENT OF GOD'S SPOKESMEN Exodus 6:10 Here is an inventory of God's jewels, in the day when He counted them up. We are reminded of Malachi 3:17. Before He led forth the flock, the Good S...
Here commences the section of Exodus devoted to the subject of national deliverance. Everything began with a solemn charge to Moses. It is first an answer to the complaint which God's servant had utte...
These [be] the heads (e) of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the families of Reuben. (e) This genealogy shows whom M...
_These. From this place to ver. 26, is written in a kind of parentheses: the remainder of the chapter is a recapitulation of what had been said. (Calmet) --- Moses intends to give his own genealogy, a...
By a reference to other parts of scripture this descent may be more fully explained. See Genesis 46:9, etc. 1 Chronicles 6:1; Numbers 3:17....
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
14._These be the heads. _The object of Moses here is to testify to all ages the origin of his race, that none may doubt that, in the free departure of the people, the promise given to Abraham was comp...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
THESE BE THE HEADS OF THEIR FATHER'S HOUSES,.... Not of the families of Moses and Aaron, but of the children of Israel, though only the heads of three tribes are mentioned; and some think that these t...
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. Ver. 14. _These be the heads._] Thi...
This genealogy ends in those two great patriots, Moses and Aaron, and comes in here to show that they were Israelites, bone of the bone, and flesh of the flesh of those whom they were sent to deliver;...
1 God renueth his promise by his Name IEHOVAH. 14 The genealogie of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Leui, of whom came Moses and Aaron. 1 THEN the LORD said vnto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will...
D. MOSES AND AARON BEFORE PHARAOH. THE SEEMINGLY MISCHIEVOUAS EFFECT OF THEIR DIVINE MESSAGE, AND THE DISCOURAGMENT OF THE PEOPLE AND THE MESSENGERS THEMSELVES. GOD REVERSES THIS EFFECT NU SOLEMNLY PR...
GOD'S FURTHER PATIENT PREPARATION (vs.1-13) The impatience of Moses and of the children of Israel could not hasten God to act out of impatience. He accomplished matters in His own wise way. He tells...
14-30 Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer and Lawgiver of the people of Israel. Moses...
This genealogy he describes here, to show the lineage of Moses and Aaron, by. whom this great work was to be effected. Only he promiseth in brief the genealogy of his two elder brethren. Reuben and Si...
The effect of the first appeal to Pharaoh seemed ought but encouraging. The thought of losing Israel made him clutch them with greater eagerness and watch them with greater vigilance. Whenever Satan's...
Exodus 6:14 heads H7218 fathers H1 houses H1004 sons H1121 Reuben H7205 firstborn H1060 Israel H3478 Hanoch H2585 Pallu...
YAHWEH'S CHARGE TO MOSES AND AARON AND DETAILS OF AARON'S BACKGROUND (EXODUS 6:10). Here we have a further chiasmus based around genealogical information to do with Aaron as the head of Moses' family...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's answer to Moses' first prayer. Covenant renewed. Families of Israel. Moses' commission renewed. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: Man's extremity is God's opportunity...
Exodus 6:1. _With a strong hand._ In a general view we do not find that heaven has recourse to miracles, except when religion is low and greatly depressed, somewhat as a fire which is burnt down has n...
_These be the heads of their fathers’ houses._ THE GENEALOGY OF THE CHURCH I. That it was, humanly speaking, of very unpretentious origin. II. That it was, morally speaking, of a very miscellaneous...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 6:14 The genealogy begins as if the sons or HEADS of the household of Jacob’s sons will be listed in birth order (v. Exodus 6:14). First it names the
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 6:14. The heads of their fathers’ houses] It is obvious that Exodus 6:13 form a distinct section: indeed Exodus 6:30 resumes the very words of...
EXPOSITION EXODUS 6:13-2 At this point the narrative is interrupted The author, or the final compiler—perhaps Joshua—thought it desirable to insert here a genealogical section, taking up the _fatuity...
Chapter five of the book of Exodus, we left Moses in great despair. He did what he thought God was calling him to do. He went to the Pharaoh and demanded the release of the children of Israel. But the...
the heads Exodus 6:25 Joshua 14:1 Joshua 19:51 1 Chronicles 5:24...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
This genealogy ends in those two great patriots, Moses and Aaron; and comes in here to shew that they were Israelites, bone of their bone, and flesh of their flesh, whom they were sent to deliver, rai...