Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Exodus 2:1
There went a man Amram, from the place of his abode to another place. A daughter That is, grand-daughter of Levi.
There went a man Amram, from the place of his abode to another place. A daughter That is, grand-daughter of Levi.
CHAPTER II _Amram and Jochebed marry_, 1. _Moses is born, and is hidden by his mother three months_, 2. _Is exposed in an ark of bulrushes on the riser Nile, and watched_ _by his sister_, 3, 4. H...
A MAN ... A DAUGHTER OF LEVI - Amram and Jochebed. See Exodus 6:20....
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)...
THE CHILD MOSES. -- Exodus 2:1-10. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ The Lord is thy keeper._ -- Psalms 121:5. TIME. --The Birth of Moses is placed about B. C. 1571. PLACES. --Probably the city of Zoan, also called Ta...
A MAN. Hebrew. _'ish,_ App-14. = Amram, Exodus 6:16. HOUSE. lineage. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6. LEVI. For Genealogy see App-29....
AND THERE WENT— From the passages referred to in the margin of our Bibles, it appears, that the name of the father of Moses was Amram, and his mother's Jochebed; _a daughter of Levi,_ we render it; wh...
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 THERE WENT A MAN OF THE HOUSE OF LEVI, AND TOOK TO WIFE A DAUGHTER OF LEVI._ There went a man ... The name of the man was Amram, and that of the woman whom he espoused was Jochebed, who is calle...
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...
II. THE BIRTH, EDUCATION, AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES. (1) THERE WENT. — Comp. Genesis 35:22; Hosea 1:3. The expression is idiomatic, and has no special force. A MAN OF THE HOUSE OF LEVI. — Note the extr...
וַ יֵּ֥לֶךְ אִ֖ישׁ מִ בֵּ֣ית לֵוִ֑י וַ
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...
And there went a (a) man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi. (a) This Levite was called Amram, who married Jochebed in (Exodus 6:20)....
After this. In process of time, without reference to what immediately precedes. The Hebrew and Septuagint omit these words. (Haydock) --- The marriage of Amram, grandson of Levi, with his aunt or cous...
CONTENTS This Chapter is rendered remarkable in that it is the beginning of the history of Moses, the writer of the Book of Exodus, and one of the most illustrious types of the Lord Jesus, as the grea...
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...
1._And there went. _I have preferred rendering the verb in the pluperfect tense (abierat, “there had gone”) to prevent all ambiguity; for unless we say that Miriam and Aaron were the children of anoth...
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 THERE WENT A MAN OF THE HOUSE OF LEVI,.... This man was Amram, the son of Kohath, and grandson of Levi, as appears from Exodus 6:18 AND TOOK TO WIFE A DAUGHTER OF LEVI; one of the same house, fam...
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi. Ver. 1. _And took to wife._] His own aunt. Exodus 6:20 Num 26:59 The law against incest Lev 18:12 was not yet given,...
Exo. 2. _Concerning Moses_. Clemens Alexandrinus, Strom. I. reports, out of the books of the Egyptian priests, that an Egyptian was slain by the words of Moses; and Strom. V. he relates some things be...
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...
THE BIRTH OF MOSES...
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. Amram, a grandson of Levi, married his aunt Jochebed, the daughter of Levi; in spite of the troublous times he had dared...
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...
1-4 Observe the order of Providence: just at the time when Pharaoh's cruelty rose to its height by ordering the Hebrew children to be drowned, the deliverer was born. When men are contriving the ruin...
EXODUS CHAPTER 2 Moses's parentage and birth, EXODUS 2:1,2. His mother makes an ark, puts him therein, EXODUS 2:3. Pharaoh's daughter going to wash herself, seeth him, takes him for her own child, and...
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 2:1 man H376 house H1004 Levi H3878 went H3212 (H8799) took H3947 (H8799) daughter H1323 Levi...
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...
_An ark of bulrushes._ THE BIRTH OF MOSES I. As occurring of noble parentage. 1. They were of moderate social position. 2. They were of strong parental affection. 3. They were of good religious c...
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 2:3. Bulrushes] The well-known Eg_. papyrus_ or _paper-reed_. EXODUS 2:4. STOOD] “Stationed herself.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 2:1_ THE BIRTH OF MOSES I
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...
A.M. 2432. B.C. 1572. of the house. Exodus 6:16 Numbers 26:59 1 Chronicles 6:1 1 Chronicles 23:12...
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...
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...
And there went a man — Amram, from the place of his abode to another place. A daughter — That is, grand — daughter of Levi....