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Verse Exodus 1:21. _HE MADE THEM HOUSES._] Dr. Shuckford thinks that
there is something wrong both in the punctuation and translation of
this place, and reads the passage thus, adding the 21st to the...
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MADE THEM HOUSES - i. e. they married Hebrews and became mothers in
Israel. The expression is proverbial. See the margin reference....
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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 1:15 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...
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HOUSES. families. or progeny. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Subject). App-6....
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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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_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....
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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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MADE THEM HOUSES] I.E. blessed them with marriage and many
descendants: cp. Ruth 4:11; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Kings 11:38....
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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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HE MADE THEM HOUSES. — God rewarded those who had showed tenderness
to young children, by giving them children of their own, who grew up,
and became in their turn fathers and mothers of families. Ther...
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וַ יְהִ֕י כִּֽי ־יָֽרְא֥וּ הַֽ
מְיַלְּדֹ֖ת אֶ
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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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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...
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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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And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he (h) made
them houses.
(h) That is, God increased the families of the Israelites by their
means....
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Because the midwives feared God, &c. The midwives were rewarded, not
for their lie, which was a venial sin; but for their fear of God, and
their humanity: but this reward was only temporal, in buildin...
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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....
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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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21._He made them houses. _(23) It is not at all my opinion that this
should be expounded as referring to the women, and I am surprised that
many interpreters have been grossly mistaken on so dear a po...
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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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AND IT CAME TO PASS, BECAUSE THE MIDWIVES FEARED GOD,.... And regarded
his command, and not that of the king, though they risked his
displeasure, and their lives:
THAT HE MADE THEM HOUSES; which some...
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_And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made
them houses._
Ver. 21. _Because the midwives feared God._] There is no necessity of
granting that the midwives told the king a lie....
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_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...
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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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And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made
them houses. He blessed them with abundant prosperity....
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THE COMMAND TO KILL ALL THE MALE CHILDREN...
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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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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...
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i.e. God greatly increased their families both in children and
posterity, and in wealth, and other outward blessings. So this phrase
is used Genesis 30:30 Deuteronomy 25:9 1 Samuel 2:35...
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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 1:21 midwives H3205 (H8764) feared H3372 (H8804) God H430
provided H6213 (H8799) households H1004...
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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...
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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 1:15 The defiant actions of the HEBREW
MIDWIVES show that they FEARED GOD (vv. Exodus 1:17,...
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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 1:15. 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...
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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...
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made them. 1 Samuel 2:35 1 Samuel 25:28 2 Samuel 7:11 2 Samuel 7:27...
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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...