Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. Ver. 1. _Then the Lord said unto Moses._] Pardoning the faults of his prayer, God grants him a gracious answer. So he... [ Continue Reading ]
And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I [am] the LORD: Ver. 2. _I am Jehovah._] Aυταυτος (Scaliger's _a_ word); that _do Press_ _b_ (Gregory's word); that have being of myself, give being to all things else, and in special to my promises, to "perform with my hand" what I have "spoken with my... [ Continue Reading ]
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. Ver. 3. _By the name of God Almighty._] _See Trapp on "_ Gen 17:1 _"_ The sense is this, saith Cameron, _a_ _Quantum illis sufficiebat tantum indulsit, non indulsi... [ Continue Reading ]
_And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers._ Ver. 4. _To give them the land of Canaan._] And a better thing with it, the kingdom of heaven. Hebrews 11:10 _; _ Heb 11:16... [ Continue Reading ]
And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. Ver. 5. _I have also heard the groaning._] He heareth "the young ravens that cry" Psa 147:9 unto him but by implication only, and with a hoarse voice unfit to move pi... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: Ver. 6. _And I will bring you out._] A great deliverance;... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. Ver. 7. _And I will be to you a God._] This is the top of any man's happiness, to have God for his God. What can such... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 8. _And I will bring you._]. _See Trapp on "_ Exo 5:4 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Ver. 9. _But they hearkened not._] The ear, which tastes words as the mouth doth meat, was so filled with choler, that they could relish no comfort. It is ill sowing in a... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,_ Ver. 10. _And the Lord._] Whose "soul was now grieved for the misery of Israel," as Judges 10:16. _See Trapp on "_ Jdg 10:16 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. Ver. 11. _Go in, speak unto Pharaoh._] "Whether he will hear, or whether he will forbear." Eze 2:5 Speak when God bids us, though it may seem to little purpose: we have lost many a worse labour. The man... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. Ver. 13. _And the Lord spake unto Moses._] Notwithstanding his former equivocation, and the people's peevishnes... [ Continue Reading ]
These [be] the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the families of Reuben. Ver. 14. _These be the heads._] This is a digression, to show the descent of Moses and Aaron. Digressions in divine discourses are not... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these [are] the families of Simeon. Ver. 15. _The son of a Canaanitish woman,_] Whom it was not lawful for him to marry; but he was a headlong and headstrong, bold and fierce fellow... [ Continue Reading ]
And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred thirty and seven years. Ver. 16. _Of the sons of Levi._] Upon this family he insists, and therefore hastens to it. Speak ever to the pur... [ Continue Reading ]
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [were] an hundred and thirty and seven years. Ver. 20. Jochebed his father's sister.] See Exodus 2:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. Ver. 21. _Korah._] That ringleader of rebels, Numbers 16:1. Moses and he were first cousins.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Ver. 23. _Elisheba._] Or, Elizabeth, a prince's sister. Num 2:3 Our English Elizabeth was by a French duchess said to be the most glorious and most happy woman th... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these [are] the families of the Korhites. Ver. 24. _And the sons of Korah._] There were of his sons, that died not, Num 16:11 departing, as it seems, from their father's tents, as all were counselled. Num 16:24-26 Of them came Samuel the prop... [ Continue Reading ]
And Eleazar Aaron's son took him [one] of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these [are] the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. Ver. 25. _These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites._] And particularly of Moses, concerning whose original,... [ Continue Reading ]
These [are] that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. Ver. 26, 27. These are that Aaron and Moses: And again, These are that Moses and Aaron.] That famous couple. This is better than "This is that Dathan," Num 26:... [ Continue Reading ]
These [are] they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these [are] that Moses and Aaron. Ver. 27. _These are that Moses and Aaron._] Before it was Aaron and Moses. It made no matter which was first set: they had their several precellencies; but were s... [ Continue Reading ]
That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I [am] the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. Ver. 29. _That the Lord spake unto Moses._] Here, after the digression, as touching his own genealogy, Moses returns to the story left off at Exodus 6:13, as Rab. Solomon noteth.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? Ver. 30. _Of uncircumcised._] See Exo 6:12 ".... [ Continue Reading ]