Verse Exodus 2:18. _REUEL, THEIR FATHER_] In Numbers 10:29 this person is called _Raguel_, but the Hebrew is the same in both places. The reason of this difference is that the ע _ain_ in רעואל is som...
REUEL - Or, as in Numbers 10:29, “Raguel.” The name means “friend of God.” It appears to have been not uncommon among Hebrews and Edomites; e. g. Genesis 36:4, Genesis 36:10. If Reuel be identified wi...
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 2:11 J. MOSES'S FLIGHT TO MIDIAN. Here is interposed an incident from J, who uses the same word grow (contrast Exodus 2:10) of Moses reaching man's estate, interpreted in Acts 7:23 as 40 years...
REUEL. Hebrew. friend of God.. true worshipper, Exodus 18:12. Same as Raguel, Numbers 10:29....
AND WHEN THEY CAME TO REUEL THEIR FATHER— In Numbers 10:29 our translators have called this person _Raguel,_ though the Hebrew word is the same in both places. In Joshua 1:16 he is called _a Kenite;_...
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...
_NOW THE PRIEST OF MIDIAN HAD SEVEN DAUGHTERS: AND THEY CAME AND DREW WATER, AND FILLED THE TROUGHS TO WATER THEIR FATHER'S FLOCK._ Now the priest of Midian - as the offices were usually conjoined, h...
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...
וַ תָּבֹ֕אנָה אֶל ־רְעוּאֵ֖ל אֲבִיהֶ֑ן וַ יֹּ
MOSES IN MIDIAN. Exodus 2:16 The interference of Moses on behalf of the daughters of the priest of Midian is a pleasant trait, courteous, and expressive of a refined nature. With this remark, and re...
MOSES SLAYS AN EGYPTIAN AND FLEES TO MIDIAN Exodus 2:11 Amid all the allurements of Pharaoh's court, the heart of Moses beat true to his own people. Neither the treasures of Egypt, nor the pleasures...
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...
_Raguel. He had two names, being also called Jethro, as appears from the first verse of the following chapter. (Challoner) --- He is also called Hobab and Ceni. (Numbers x. 2; Judges i. 16.) Perhaps R...
Exodus 4:20...
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...
18._And when they came to Reuel _(31) I do not think any blame attaches to the daughters of _Bethuel _for not offering hospitality to Moses, because young women should be modest, and it would have bee...
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 WHEN THEY CAME TO REUEL THEIR FATHER,.... Or Ragouel, as the Septuagint; and so Artapanus s calls him. The Targum of Jonathan has it, their father's father; and so Aben Ezra says he was; and is th...
And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How [is it that] ye are come so soon to day? Ver. 18. _To Reuel their father._] Indeed, their grandfather. Num 10:29 Old men are usually about home,...
_Reuel_ Or Raguel (see Num 10:29) is thought by some to have been their grandfather, and father of Hobab or Jethro, their immediate father....
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...
And when they came to Reuel, their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon today? It seems that the shepherds made ungallant behavior their daily practise....
MOSES IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN...
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...
16-22 Moses found shelter in Midian. He was ready to help Reuel's daughters to water their flocks, although bred in learning and at court. Moses loved to be doing justice, and to act in defence of su...
THEIR FATHER; either, 1. Strictly, and then he is the same who elsewhere is called _Jethro_, EXODUS 3:1 EXO 18 $ oft times; and, as some think, _Hobab_, JUDGES 4:11. Or, 2. Largely, i.e. their grandf...
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...
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MOSES FALLS AMONG FRIENDS IN MIDIAN (EXODUS 2:15). Moses' position was precarious. But God had not forsaken him. And he would soon raise him to a position where he could prepare for his (as yet unkno...
REUEL Called Raguel. (Numbers 10:29)....
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...
_Moses was content to dwell with the man._ THE REWARD OF A KINDLY ACTION I. The hospitality of a kind family (Exodus 2:20). 1. This hospitality was much needed by Moses. 2. This hospitality was pro...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 2:18. Reuel] It is common to say that _R_. is = “God’s friend” (Ges. Dav.); but the theory of Fürst that the giving of these “E1-” names (and others) was a sort of worshipful r...
EXPOSITION. Exodus 2:16-2 LIFE OF MOSES IN MIDIAN Fugitives from Egypt generally took the northern route from Pelusium or Migdol to Gaza, and so to Syria, or the regions beyond. But in this quarter...
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...
Exodus 3:1 Exodus 4:18 Exodus 18:1 Jethro. or Jether. Numbers 19:20...
MOSES' PREMATURE EFFORT Exodus 2:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Acts 7:1 tells us that Moses was forty years of age when he sought to deliver Israel from the bondage of Pharaoh. We wish, therefore, to base o...
Reul or Raguel (see Numbers 10:29,) seems to have been their grandfather and father of Hobab or Jethro, their immediate father....