What does Exodus 1:22 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive."
Verse Exodus 1:22. _YE SHALL CAST INTO THE RIVER_] As the _Nile_, which is here intended, was a sacred river among the Egyptians, it is not unlikely that Pharaoh intended the young Hebrews as an offer...
The extreme cruelty of the measure does not involve improbability. Hatred of strangers was always a characteristic of the Egyptians (see Genesis 43:32), and was likely to be stronger than ever after t...
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...
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...
BORN. Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and Vulgate add "to the Hebrews. " SAVE ALIVE. suffer to live....
PHARAOH CHARGED ALL HIS PEOPLE— This was, most probably, enjoined under severe penalties; and that, as it appears from the next chapter, not only upon the Egyptians, who were to see the order executed...
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...
_AND PHARAOH CHARGED ALL HIS PEOPLE, SAYING, EVERY SON THAT IS BORN YE SHALL CAST INTO THE RIVER, AND EVERY DAUGHTER YE SHALL SAVE ALIVE._ Pharaoh charged all his people - most probably the order was...
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 wive...
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...
EVERY SON THAT IS BORN. — The LXX. add “to the Hebrews,” but without any necessity, since the context shows that only Hebrew children are meant. YE SHALL CAST INTO THE RIVER. — Infanticide, so shockin...
וַ יְצַ֣ו פַּרְעֹ֔ה לְ כָל ־עַמֹּ֖ו לֵ אמֹ֑ר כָּל ־הַ בֵּ֣ן הַ יִּלֹּ֗וד הַ...
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...
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...
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...
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall (i) cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. (i) When tyrants cannot prevail by deceit, they burst into...
_The river Nile, where the persecuting successor of this king found his end. (Haydock) --- It seems this inhuman decree was not published till after Aaron was born, and it was probably revoked soon af...
Such in all ages hath been the malice of the world against the faithful. See Daniel 7:23 REFLECTIONS WHAT a decided character is here drawn between the men of the world and the saints of God. And wha...
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...
22._And Pharaoh charged. _If he had not been transported with wrath and struck with blindness, he would have seen that the hand of God was against him; but when the reprobate are driven to madness by...
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 provid...
AND PHARAOH CHARGED ALL HIS PEOPLE,.... Finding he could not carry his point with the midwives, he gave a general order to all his people everywhere: SAYING, EVERY SON THAT IS BORN YE SHALL CAST INTO...
_And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive._ Ver. 22. _And Pharaoh charged._] _Imperio non tam duro quam...
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...
THE COMMAND TO KILL ALL THE MALE CHILDREN...
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...
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...
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 t...
_ 1573_ No text from Poole on this verse....
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...
Exodus 1:22 Pharaoh H6547 commanded H6680 (H8762) people H5971 saying H559 (H8800) son H1121 born H3209 cast H7993 (H8686) river H2975 daughter H1323 alive H2421 (H8762) Every son - Exodus 1:16, Exod...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:1 Exodus 1:1 of Israel from Egypt. The first half of Exodus 1:1 focuses on the departure of the people of Israel from Egypt. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName(...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 1:22_ THE LAST EDICT OF A TYRANT KING I. IT WAS PUBLIC IN ITS PROCLAMATION. 1. _How men advance from one degree of sin to another_. The last murderous int...
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...
Let's turn now to Exodus, chapter one, as we begin the book of Exodus. The word "Now" could very well read, "And", as far as the Hebrew is concerned, for the book of Exodus is just a continuation of G...
A.M. 2431. B.C. 1573. Every son. Exodus 1:16 Exodus 7:19 Psalms 105:25 Proverbs 1:16 Proverbs 4:16 Proverbs 27:4 Acts 7:19 Revelation 16:4...
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...
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...