Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Exodus 1:20
Therefore God dealt well with them — That is, built them up in families, and blessed their children.
Therefore God dealt well with them — That is, built them up in families, and blessed their children.
Verse Exodus 1:20. _THEREFORE GOD DEALT WELL WITH THE MIDWIVES: AND THE_ _PEOPLE MULTIPLIED, AND WAXED VERY MIGHTY._] This shows an especial providence and blessing of God; for though in all cases wh...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. ISRAEL'S DELIVERANCE OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE EGYPTIANS 1. The House of Bondage CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The names of the children of Israel; their increase (Exodus 1:1)_ 2. The...
EXODUS 1:15 E ( EXODUS 1:20 B J). ATTEMPT TO DESTROY MALE CHILDREN. From another source we learn of two more ineffectual measures to restrict population. The two midwives, whose names tradition loved...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 1 Now these are the names of the sons of Is-ra-el, who came into E-gypt (every man and his household came with Jacob): (2) Reu-ben, Sim-e-on, Le-vi, and Ju-dah, (3) Is-s...
_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....
OPPRESSION OF THE ISRAELITES 5. Seventy souls] Jacob himself is included in the number: cp. Genesis 46:8. Of the seventy, sixty-eight were males. If to the direct descendants of Jacob we add the wives...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF EXODUS Exodus is one of the first 5 books of the *Old Testa...
THEREFORE GOD DEALT WELL WITH THE MIDWIVES. — Heb., _and God dealt well,_ &c. The reason is stated in Exodus 1:21. It was not because they equivocated and deceived the king, but because they feared Go...
וַ יֵּ֥יטֶב אֱלֹהִ֖ים לַֽ † מְיַלְּדֹ֑ת וַ...
THE OPPRESSION. Exodus 1:7. At the beginning of the history of Israel we find a prosperous race. It was indeed their growing importance, and chiefly their vast numerical increase, which excited the j...
GOD PROTECTS HEBREW BABES FROM PHARAOH'S DECREE Exodus 1:15 Egypt's _second_ stroke of policy was to begin with the children. Pharaoh and Herod set us an example in turning their attention to young...
The first word of Exodus, "Now," might with equal accuracy be rendered "And." Either word serves to suggest continuity. The story of Genesis is taken up in Exodus. It begins by recording the prolific...
Some have thought that the houses here spoken of, which God is said to have built for them, means that they were incorporated and built up in the faith of God's people. Psalms 107:41....
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...
WHEREFORE GOD DEALT WELL WITH THE MIDWIVES,.... He approved of their conduct upon the whole, however difficult it may be to clear them from all blame in this matter; though some think that what they s...
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. Ver. 20. _Dealt well with the midwives._] God is a liberal paymaster: and his retributions are more than...
_God dealt well with the midwives he made them houses _ He blessed them in kind: for as they kept up Israel's houses or families, so God, in recompense, built them up into families, blessed their chil...
1 The children of Israel after Iosephs death do multiply. 8 The more they are oppressed by a new King, the more they multiply. 15 The godlines of the Midwiues, in sauing the men children aliue. 22...
Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, gave them evidence of His goodness; AND THE PEOPLE MULTIPLIED, AND WAXED VERY MIGHTY under their ministrations, the remarkable growth of the children of Isr...
THE COMMAND TO KILL ALL THE MALE CHILDREN...
EXODUS THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES (וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת; _Ἐξοδος: Exodus_) THE PROPHETICO-MESSIANIC THEOCRACY—OR THE GENESIS, REDEMPTION AND SANCTIFICATION OF THE COVENANT PEOPLE FIRST DIVISION: MOSES AN...
ISRAEL MULTIPLIED (vs.1-7) The first five verses of Exodus indicate its continuity with the book of Genesis, for they confirm what is written in more detail in Genesis 46:8. This small number of 70 p...
15-22 The Egyptians tried to destroy Israel by the murder of their children. The enmity that is in the seed of the serpent, against the Seed of the woman, makes men forget all pity. It is plain that...
THEREFORE, because they feared God, and spared the children, EXODUS 1:17, whereby they exposed themselves to the king's displeasure; because they would not offend God by murdering the children, which...
We now approach, by the mercy of God, the study of the Book of Exodus, of which the great prominent theme is redemption. The first five verses recall to the mind the closing scenes of the preceding bo...
Exodus 1:20 God H430 well H3190 (H8686) midwives H3205 (H8764) people H5971 multiplied H7235 (H8799
PHARAOH SEEKS TO DESTROY ISRAEL THROUGH ITS MIDWIVES (EXODUS 1:15). a The king of Egypt calls on the Hebrew midwives who are told at births to slay sons and let the daughters live (Exodus 1:16). b T...
CONTENTS: Israel in Egypt and their bondage. CHARACTERS: Joseph, Pharaoh, Shiprah, Puah. CONCLUSION: God's providences may at times seem to thwart His promises that His peoples' faith may be tried a...
Exodus 1:1. _The children of Israel._ Some think we should read here, the sons of Israel. Paul, Galatians 4:3; Galatians 4:5, makes a distinction between children and sons, in the words νηπιοι and υιο...
_The children of Israel were fruitful _ THE INCREASE OF THE CHURCH I. Notwithstanding the removal of its chief officer (Exodus 1:6). Joseph dead; his influence gone; his counsel inaccessible. To-day...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:1 Exodus 1:1 of Israel from Egypt. The first half of Exodus 1:1 focuses on the
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:15 The defiant actions of the HEBREW MIDWIVES show that they FEARED GOD (vv. Exodus 1:17,...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 1:15. Hebrew midwives] It is curious, though it may not throw light on the precise relation in which these women stood to the Hebrew women, that their names should be of a lik...
EXPOSITION EXODUS 1:15-2 Some time—say five or six years—having elapsed and the Pharaoh's first plan having manifestly failed, it was necessary for him either to give up his purpose, or to devise som...
God. Psalms 41:1 Psalms 41:2 Psalms 61:5 Psalms 85:9 Psalms 103:11...
How could an all-loving God command the Hebrews to plunder the Egyptians of their riches? PROBLEM: Exodus 3:22 states, “So you shall plunder the Egyptians.” The Bible presents God as all-loving. Howe...