Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 2:5
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Verse Exodus 2:5. _AND THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH_] Josephus calls her _Thermuthis_, and says that "the ark was borne along by the current, and that she sent one that could swim after it; that she was s...
The traditions which give a name to the daughter of Pharaoh are merely conjectural. Egyptian princesses held a very high and almost independent position under the ancient and middle empire, with a sep...
2. MOSES THE CHOSEN DELIVERER CHAPTER 2 Moses: His Birth, Education, Choice, and Exile _ 1. His birth and concealment (Exodus 2:1)_ 2. His rescue and education (Exodus 2:5) 3. His choice and failu...
EXODUS 2:1 TO EXODUS 4:31. PREPARATION AND CALL OF MOSES. Exodus 2:1 E. His Birth and Upbringing. If the text can be trusted, we are informed that a man of the house of Levi took (to wife) the (only)...
II. THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH. 5. THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH. This princess was apparently the sister of Amenophis, the son of Amosis. He was. prosperous and able king, and during his reign the forced la...
THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH— Josephus calls this princess Thermuthis; Artaphanes calls her Meris; and the Alexandrian Chronicle, Myrrina. She _came down to the river to wash herself,_ probably for religio...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 2 And there went a man of the house of Le-vi, and took to wife a daughter of Le-vi. (2) And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodl...
_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 da...
DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH] Josephus calls her Thermutis, but Eusebius calls her Merris. The Nile was regarded as a sacred river, and bathing in its waters was part of a religious ceremony: cp. Exodus 7:15....
BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES 1. The names of the father and mother of Moses were Amram and Jochebed respectively (see Exodus 6:20). Two children were born to them before Moses. The oldest was a daugh...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 2 Chapter 2 shows how God used women again. They became part of God’s...
THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH CAME DOWN TO WASH HERSELF. — This would be quite in accordance with Egyptian ideas. “Women were allowed great liberty in Egypt, and moved about much as they pleased. Cleanlines...
וַ תֵּ֤רֶד בַּת ־פַּרְעֹה֙ לִ רְחֹ֣ץ עַל
CHAPTER II. _ THE RESCUE OF MOSES._ Exodus 2:1. We have said that the Old Testament history teems with political wisdom, lessons of permanent instruction for mankind, on the level of this life, yet...
MOSES PRESERVED BY PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER Exodus 2:1 When matters had reached their worst in respect to Israel's condition, God was preparing a deliverer. The child was more than ordinarily beautiful, Ac...
Here begins the story of Moses. When Pharaoh was beginning to take active steps to oppress the people, God brought to birth the man who was to break Egypt's power. A mother's love is seen scheming for...
_Daughter, and sole heiress. (Haydock) --- She is called Thermut by Josephus, and Meris by Artapanus. She was going to bathe, or to purify herself, according to the custom of the country; or perhaps s...
Observe the gracious interposition of God. Moses shall not only be preserved in the moment of danger, but preserved by the very daughter of the man who sought his life. Psalms 107:43....
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...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. First, we have the historical circumstances which relate to the captivity of Israel-the persecutions which this people had to endure, and the provide...
AND THE DAUGHTER OF PHARAOH CAME DOWN TO WASH HERSELF AT THE RIVER,.... Her name, in Josephus g, is called Thermuthis, and by Artapanus h, an Heathen writer, Merrhis, perhaps from Miriam, and frequent...
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. Ver. 5...
Exo. 2:5. Pharaoh's daughter became the mother of Moses, which typified the calling of the Gentile church, that is naturally the daughter of Satan, the spiritual Pharaoh, which becomes the church of C...
_And the daughter of Pharaoh came_ Providence brings no less a person than Pharaoh's daughter just at that juncture, guides her to the place where this poor infant lay, inclines her heart to pity it,...
1 Moses is borne, 3 and in an arke cast into the flags. 5 He is found, and brought vp by Pharaohs daughter. 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 13 He reproueth an Hebrew. 15 He fleeth into Midian. 21 Hee...
MOSES ADOPTED BY PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER...
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river, for such bathing in the open stream accords well with the customs of ancient Egypt; AND HER MAIDENS, the attending slaves, WALKED AL...
B. THE BIRTH AND MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION OF MOSES. HIS ELEVATION AND FIDELITY TO THE ISRAELITES. HIS TYPICAL ACT OF DELIVERANCE AND APPARENTLY FINAL DISAPPEARANCE. GOD’S CONTINUED PURPOSE TO RELEASE I...
THE BIRTH AND PROTECTION OF MOSES (vs.1-10) God's hand of overruling power and grace is seen beautifully in this chapter. There is nothing spectacular, but an incident takes place that would be norma...
5-10 Come, see the place where that great man, Moses, lay, when he was a little child; it was in a bulrush basket by the river's side. Had he been left there long, he must have perished. But Providen...
This section of our book abounds in the weightiest principles of divine truth principles, which range themselves under the three following heads, namely, the power of Satan, the power of God, and the...
Exodus 2:5 daughter H1323 Pharaoh H6547 down H3381 (H8799) bathe H7364 (H8800) river H2975 maidens H5291 walked...
THE FIRST FIVE WORDS - ATTITUDE TOWARDS GOD (EXODUS 20:2). The basic principle behind these first commandments is a simple one. It is that Yahweh is supreme, and that to try to depict Him in any heave...
THE BIRTH OF MOSES (EXODUS 2:1). It is noteworthy that out of this dreadful period God produced his man for that hour. For in the midst of the bloodbath and the despair a child was born, who would be...
CONTENTS: Deliverer prepared for Israel. Moses' birth, boyhood and marriage. CHARACTERS: Levi's daughter, Pharaoh's daughter, mother of Moses, sister, Moses, Pharaoh, seven daughters of priests, shep...
Exodus 2:1. _Took to wife._ Amram married Jochebed, his father's sister, as in Exodus 6:20; that is, as the scriptures often afford example, his father's relation. But doubts may be entertained of Jos...
_This is one of the Hebrews’ children._ THE PRINCESS AND THE ORPHAN I. The claims of the orphan 1. The first claim on her compassion was the claim of infancy. “She saw the child.” That sentence cont...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 2:1 These facts, together with the account of God’s call on Moses (Exodus 3:1), should lead the people of Israel to embrace Moses as God’s authorized “prince and judge” ...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 2:6. She saw the child] This verse is surpassingly delightful for simple vividness, when rendered in oriental fashion: “And she opens, and beholds him—even the child, and lo!...
EXPOSITION. Exodus 2:1. THE BIRTH, ESCAPE, AND EDUCATION OF MOSES. Some years before the Pharaoh issued his edict for the general destruction of the Hebrew male children, Amram of the tribe of Levi,...
There went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him for three months (Exod...
daughter. Acts 7:21 herself. when she. 1 Kings 17:6 Psalms 9:9 Psalms 12:5 Psalms 46:1
THE DAUGHTERS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Exodus 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Among the daughters of the Old Testament we have chosen to present to you Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, and the sister of A...
THE CHILD MOSES Exodus 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS "God works in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." As this study opens, we find the Children of Israel in dire distress because of the rigor with w...
And the daughter of Pharaoh came — Providence brings no less a person than Pharaoh's daughter just at that juncture, guides her to the place where this poor infant lay, inclines her heart to pity it,...