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Verse Exodus 1:17. _THE MIDWIVES FEARED GOD_] Because they knew that
God had forbidden murder of every kind; for though the law was not yet
given, Exodus 20:13, being Hebrews they must have known tha...
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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...
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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...
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GOD. Hebrew. _Eth ha-'Elohim,_ very emphatic for the true or triune
God.
AS. according as.
SAVED. suffered.... to live....
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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...
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_BUT THE MIDWIVES FEARED GOD, AND DID NOT AS THE KING OF EGYPT
COMMANDED THEM, BUT SAVED THE MEN_ _ CHILDREN ALIVE._
The midwives feared God ... Their faith inspired them with such
courage as to risk...
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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...
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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...
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THE MIDWIVES FEARED GOD. — The midwives, whether Hebrews or
Egyptians, believed in a God who would punish wrong-doing, and
therefore resolved not to obey the Pharaoh....
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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 j...
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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...
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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...
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Is it not a mark of grace in these women? Proverbs 1:7. And was it not
similar to the faith of Rahab? Hebrews 11:31....
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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...
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17._But the midwives feared God. _Moses does not mean that they were
then first affected with the fear of God; but he assigns this reason
why they did not obey his unjust command, viz., because revere...
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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...
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BUT THE MIDWIVES FEARED GOD,.... And therefore durst not take away the
life of an human creature, which was contrary to the express law of
God, Genesis 9:6:
AND DID NOT AS THE KING OF EGYPT COMMANDED...
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But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt
commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
Ver. 17. _And did not as the king, &c._] Wherein they did no more,
though out of a bett...
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_The stools_ Seats used on that occasion. _But the midwives feared
God_ Dreaded his wrath more than Pharaoh's, and therefore _saved the
men-children alive. The Hebrew women are lively_ We have no reas...
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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...
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THE COMMAND TO KILL ALL THE MALE CHILDREN...
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But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt
commanded them, but saved the men children alive. They placed the
reverential fear of God before the slavish fear of the tyrant....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_ 1635_ THEY FEARED GOD more than the king, and therefore chose to
obey God rather than the king, their commands being contrary each to
other....
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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...
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Exodus 1:17 midwives H3205 (H8764) feared H3372 (H8799) God H430 did
H6213 (H8804) king H4428 Egypt...
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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 T...
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FEARED
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:1 Exodus 1:1 of Israel from Egypt. The first
half of Exodus 1:1 focuses on the
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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:15 The defiant actions of the HEBREW
MIDWIVES show that they FEARED GOD (vv. Exodus 1:17,...
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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 lik...
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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...
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feared God. Genesis 20:11 Genesis 42:18 Nehemiah 5:15 Psalms 31:19...
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But the midwives feared God — Dreaded his wrath more than Pharaoh's,
and therefore saved the men — children alive....
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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...