THE RENEWAL OF THE PROMISE. GENEALOGIES OF REUBEN, SIMEON, AND LEVI 1. The STRONG HAND is the hand of Jehovah, not of Pharaoh. So RV renders, 'by a strong hand,' i.e. under the compelling force of Jehovah's judgments: see on Exodus 3:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY] Heb. _El Shaddai_, which occurs first in the revelation made to Abraham (Genesis 17:1 cp. also Genesis 28:3; Genesis 48:3). It is here said that God was not known in the patriarchal times by the name Jehovah. This constitutes a difficulty, as the name has been already used... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Exodus 2:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
REDEEM] deliver from oppression.... [ Continue Reading ]
Seeon Exodus 19:5; Exodus 19:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNCIRCUMCISEDLIPS] Circumcision is the sign of consecration, so that 'uncircumcision' is used metaphorically of what is unclean or inadequate to the service of God: see on Leviticus 19:23. 14-27. The object of this section is to indicate the genealogy of the deliverers, Moses and Aaron. The family... [ Continue Reading ]
HANOCH] the Hebrew form of Enoch.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOCHEBED] 'Jehovah is glory': see on v.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR ARMIES] Israel left Egypt as an organised host: see on Exodus 3:16, and see Exodus 12:17; Exodus 12:51; Exodus 13:18.... [ Continue Reading ]