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Verse Exodus 1:12. _BUT THE MORE THEY AFFLICTED THEM_] The margin has
pretty nearly preserved the import of the original: _And as they_
_afflicted them, so they multiplied and so they grew_ That is, i...
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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...
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EXODUS 1:8 J, EXODUS 1:13 P, EXODUS 1:14 A ( TO FIELD) J, EXODUS 1:14
B P. REPRESSION OF ISRAEL. Forced labour was the first device fo
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THE MORE THEY AFFLICTED THEM, &C.— The expression in the original is
more energetic than any of the preceding in Exodus 1:7. יפרצ
_iprotz,_ rendered _grew,_ signifies, properly, _to break forth, and
e...
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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...
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_BUT THE MORE THEY AFFLICTED THEM, THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED AND GREW.
AND THEY WERE GRIEVED BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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1:12 distressed (c-16) The word implies fear and aversion....
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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...
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THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED] The whole history of the exodus and sojourn
in the wilderness is designed to show that nothing can destroy the
people of Israel, or thwart the divine purpose with regard to t...
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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...
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THE MORE THEY AFFLICTED THEM, THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED AND GREW. —
This result was not natural. It can only be ascribed to God’s
superintending Providence, whereby “the fierceness of man” was
made to...
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וְ כַ אֲשֶׁר֙ יְעַנּ֣וּ אֹתֹ֔ו כֵּ֥ן
יִרְבֶּ֖
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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...
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THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AFFLICTED
Exodus 1:1
The buried seed began to bear an abundant harvest, notwithstanding the
efforts of Pharaoh and his people. The kings of the earth take counsel
together to...
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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...
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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew.
And (e) they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
(e) The more God blesses his own, the more the wicked envy them....
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What a blessed evidence this is of God's love to his people. And
depend upon it, it is the same now! Every persecution, every scoff,
every sneer of the infidel shall be blessed. And there is not a pai...
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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...
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_GROWTH UNDER THE KNIFE_
‘The more they multiplied and grew.’
Exodus 1:12
I. THE INTENTION OF ISSUING NEW ORDERS AND DECREES FROM TIME TO TIME
WAS THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE ISRAELITES MIGHT BE BROKEN....
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12._But the more. _Moses relates the contest between the mercy of God
and the cruelty of the king of Egypt. When, therefore, the wretched
Israelites were tyrannically afflicted, he says that God came...
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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...
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BUT THE MORE THEY AFFLICTED THEM, THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED AND
GREW,.... Became more numerous, "and broke out" b, as it may be
rendered, like water which breaks out and spreads itself; so the
Israelit...
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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew.
And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Ver. 12. _The more they multiplied._] As the ground is most fruitful
that...
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_The more they multiplied_ To the grief and vexation of the Egyptians.
The original expression, rendered _grew_, is very emphatical, יפרצ
_jiphrots._
They broke forth and _expanded themselves with im...
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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...
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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew.
God spoiled the success of the Egyptians' plans by continuing to bless
the Israelites in spite of all the measures intended to dest...
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PHARAOH PLANS TO CURB THE GROWTH...
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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...
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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...
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BUT THE MORE THEY AFFLICTED THEM, THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED:
_ Heb._ and as they afflicted them, so they multiplied, etc...
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8-14 The land of Egypt became to Israel a house of bondage. The place
where we have been happy, may soon become the place of our affliction;
and that may prove the greatest cross to us, of which we s...
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THEY MULTIPLIED, through God's overruling providence and singular
blessing, which God gave them purposely to hasten first their sorer
affliction, and next, and by that means, their glorious deliveranc...
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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...
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Exodus 1:12 afflicted H6031 (H8762) more H3651 multiplied H7235
(H8799) grew H6555 (H8799) dread H6973 ...
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THE PEOPLE MULTIPLY AND ARE PUT TO HARD LABOUR (EXODUS 1:6).
The careful patterning continues:
a Joseph dies and all his generation (Exodus 1:6).
b The children of Israel are fruitful and multiply...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:1 Exodus 1:1 of Israel from Egypt. The first
half of Exodus 1:1 focuses on the
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Exodus 1:11. Pithom] P. = “a narrow place:” a city of Lower Egypt,
situated on the eastern bank of the Nile: Gr. _Patoumos_ (Gosenius).
RAAMSES] Prob. = “son of the sun:” “should be l...
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EXPOSITION
EXODUS 1:7-2
Here the real narrative of Exodus begins. The history of the
Israelites from and after the death of Joseph is entered on. The first
point touched is THEIR RAPID MULTIPLICATION...
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but the more. Heb. and as they afflicted them, so they Psalms 105:24
Proverbs 21:30 Romans 8:28 Hebrews 12:6 grieved....
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THE BIRTH AND YOUTH OF MOSES
Exodus 1:1, _Exodus 1:22_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction, we wish to discuss the meaning of the word,
"Exodus." The first Book of the Bible is Genesis; it is...
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But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied — To the
grief and vexation of the Egyptians. Times of affliction, have oft
been the church's growing times: Christianity spread most when it...