Exodus 2:1
A MAN. Hebrew. _'ish,_ App-14. = Amram, Exodus 6:16. HOUSE. lineage. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6. LEVI. For Genealogy see App-29.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN. Hebrew. _'ish,_ App-14. = Amram, Exodus 6:16. HOUSE. lineage. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6. LEVI. For Genealogy see App-29.... [ Continue Reading ]
A SON. Moses was the seventh from Abraham, Abraham the seventh from Heber, Enoch the seventh from Adam. Miriam already born (Exodus 2:4; Numbers 26:59). Also Aaron (Exodus 7:7). GOODLY. Hebrew. _tov._ Septuagint and Acts 7:20; Hebrews 11:23. _asteios to Theo,_ "beautiful to God". divinely fair. HID... [ Continue Reading ]
ARK. Compare Genesis 6:14. BULRUSHES. papyrus, made by the same Divine in. structions as Noah's (Romans 10:17). FLAGS. reeds. Compare Isaiah 18:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SISTER. Miriam. TO WIT. to know.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BABE WEPT. Hebrew. babe weeping. compassion. In that tear lay the defeat of the enemy, the preservation of the Nation, the faithfulness of Jehovah's word, the bringing to naught "the wisdom of Egypt", and the coming of "the seed of the woman", Genesis 3:15. Compare Exodus 1:10 and Job 5:12; Job... [ Continue Reading ]
HER SON. as her son. MOSES, probably Egyptian _water-saved,_ or Hebrew drawn out of the water. No record of his Hebrew name.... [ Continue Reading ]
GROWN. and learned in all the wisdom of Egypt, but not yet of God. unto his brethren. Acts 7:23, "it came into his heart". looked on: more than merely saw. regarded with lively sympathy. AN EGYPTIAN. a man ('ish), an Egyptian (App-14.) AN HEBREW. a man (_'ish_),. Hebrew (App-14.)... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAW THAT THERE WAS NO MAN: i.e. to help. Compare same words in Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5, and context there.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'ish,_ or _'enosh._ App-14. STROVE. striving. HE SAID. Supposing they would have understood. "But they understood not, "Acts 7:25. WRONG. Hebrew. _rash`a,_ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO MADE THEE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6) for emphasis. Spoken by. Hebrew; compare Genesis 37:8; Luke 19:14. A PRINCE. Hebrew, "a man ('ish),. prince". FEARED. The "not fearing, "in Hebrews 11:27 refers to Exodus 10:28; Exodus 10:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FACE OF. Figure of speech _Pleonasm (App-6)._ A WELL. Hebrew. _beer._ See note on. Genesis 21:19. The well, i.e. of Jethro.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIEST: or chieftain exercising priestly functions, as Job and Melchizedec. Jethro (Exodus 3:1) is called _Reuel_ (Exodus 2:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
DROVE THEM AWAY. Probably the only well (Exodus 2:15); hence cause of contention. Compare Genesis 21:25; Genesis 26:15; Genesis 26:18; Genesis 26:20; Genesis 26:21; Genesis 26:22. HELPED. Compare Genesis 29:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
REUEL. Hebrew. friend of God.. true worshipper, Exodus 18:12. Same as Raguel, Numbers 10:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN EGYPTIAN. Hebrew. man (_'ish_), an Egyptian (App-14.)... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE?... WHY? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTENT. well pleased.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Many codices and. special reading called _sevir_ (App-34), read "she" GERSHOM. Hebrew "a stranger here".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING OF EGYPT. See App-37. CHILDREN. sons. SIGHED. Hebrew. _'a nach,_ under pressure of evil. CRIED. Hebrew. _zeak:_ with. loud voice, from sorrow or fear. CRY. Hebrew. _shav`a,_ for help in distress. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_ (App-6), to emphasise the greatness of the distress;... [ Continue Reading ]
GROANING. Hebrew. _na'ak,_ denoting heaviest affliction. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia:_ heard... remembered... looked... had respect. _Anaphora:_ with... with... with; see note, Genesis 50:24, not yet revealed to them as Jehovah. Figure of speech _Repetitio._ App-6. God, repeated five times.... [ Continue Reading ]