_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 story of the aged patriarch’s coming down into Egypt is recalled: thus at once does “Exodus” strike it... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 1:11. Pithom] P. = “a narrow place:” a city of Lower Egypt, situated on the eastern bank of the Nile: Gr. _Patoumos_ (Gosenius). RAAMSES] Prob. = “son of the sun:” “should be looked for at the site of the modern _Belbeis_, called _Pelusium_ in old time: day’s journey N.E. of... [ Continue Reading ]
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 1:13_ THE DESPOTISM OF SIN I. THAT IT COMMENCES BY SUGGESTING A SMALL TRIBUTE TO THE SINNER. The Egyptian King, no doubt, suggested to the Israelites that great advantage might arise to them if they would enter into certain engagements or investments unde... [ Continue Reading ]
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 like sig. (according to Fürst): _Shiphrah_ = “beauty;” _Puah_ = “gracefulness.” EXODUS 1:16. UPON THE... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 intention was only made known to two midwives; it was private—it was subtle. This is public; this is un... [ Continue Reading ]