George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Exodus 1:5
Seventy: Septuagint, "75," including the offspring of Joseph. See Genesis xlvi. 26.
Seventy: Septuagint, "75," including the offspring of Joseph. See Genesis xlvi. 26.
SEVENTY - See Genesis 46:27. The object of the writer in this introductory statement is to give a complete list of the heads of separate families at the time of their settlement in Egypt. See the note...
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 1:1 TO EXODUS 12:36. ISRAEL IN EGYPT: I. INCREASE AND OPPRESSION. Exodus 1:1 P, Exodus 1:6 J,...
WERE SEVENTY SOULS— (See Genesis 20:18.) _Seventy souls, with Joseph, who was in Egypt already._...
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...
_REUBEN, SIMEON, LEVI, AND JUDAH,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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...
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...
ALL THE SOULS... were seventy souls. Comp. Genesis 46:8. The number is made up as follows: — Jacob himself, 1; his sons, 12; his daughter, Dinah, 1; his grandsons, 51; his grand-daughter Serah, 1; his...
וַֽ יְהִ֗י כָּל ־נֶ֛פֶשׁ יֹצְאֵ֥י יֶֽרֶךְ ־יַ
CHAPTER I. _ THE PROLOGUE._ Exodus 1:1. "And these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt." Many books of the Old Testament begin with the conjunction And. This fact, it has...
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AFFLICTED Exodus 1:1 The buried seed began to bear an abundant harvest, notwithstanding the efforts of Pharaoh and his people. The kings of the earth take counsel together to...
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...
The Holy Ghost is particular in several parts of his sacred word, to mention by name the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel: and the precise number of souls arising from that stock, which went down...
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...
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 ALL THE SOULS THAT CAME OUT OF THE LOINS OF JACOB WERE SEVENTY SOULS,.... "Souls" are put for persons; of the number seventy, and how reckoned, Genesis 46:27. This was but a small number that went...
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already]. Ver. 5. _And all the souls._] That is, persons; for souls are not begotten, but infused, b...
_Seventy souls_ Or persons, according to the computation we had, Genesis 46:27, including Joseph and his two sons. This was just the number of the nations by which the earth was peopled, (Genesis 10.,...
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...
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; for Joseph was in Egypt already. The order is: the sons of Leah, the son of Rachel, the sons of Rachel's handmaid, the sons of...
THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE PEOPLE...
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 p...
LOINS: _ Heb._ thigh...
1-7 During more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived at liberty, the Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons went down into Egypt. There, in about the same number of year...
SEVENTY SOULS, including Jacob and Joseph, and his two sons. See GENESIS 46:26,27 DEU 10:22. Or if they were but sixty-nine, they are called seventy by a round number, of which we shall have many inst...
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 1:5 those H5315 descendants H3318 (H8802) H3409 Jacob H3290 seventy H7657 persons H5315 Joseph H3130 Egypt...
THE GROWTH OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL (EXODUS 1:1). Note the balanced pattern of the section. a The names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt (Exodus 1:1 a) b Every man and his household came wi...
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 which came into Egypt._ ISRAEL IN EGYPT I. A retrospective view. 1. These verses lead us back to the time when Jacob came with his family to Egypt. (1) . It was a time of...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:1 Exodus 1:1 of Israel from Egypt. The first half of Exodus 1:1 focuses on the
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:5 SEVENTY PERSONS. See note on Gen. 46:26–27. ⇐...
_ISRAEL OPPRESSED IN EGYPT_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 1:1. With Jacob.] These words are strongly emphatic in the orig. “WITH JACOB EACH MAN AND HIS HOUSE came in.” Thus at a single stroke—the whole st...
THE OPPRESSION OF ISRAEL IN EGYPT, WITH THE BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES. EXPOSITION EXODUS 1:1 The Book of Exodus, being wri
loins. Heb. thigh. Genesis 46:26 Judges 8:30 seventy. Exodus 1:20 Genesis 46:26...
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...
Seventy souls — According to the computation we had, Genesis 46:27, including Joseph and his two sons. This was just the number of the nations by which the earth was peopled, Genesis 10:1, for when Go...
Why does this text say “seventy-five people” when Exodus 1:5 says there were “seventy persons”? PROBLEM: According to Exodus 1:5 there were only 70 descendants who went down into Egypt with Jacob. But...