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Verse Exodus 1:19. _THE HEBREW WOMEN ARE NOT AS THE EGYPTIAN WOMEN_]
This is a simple statement of what general experience shows to be a
fact, viz., that women, who during the whole of their pregnanc...
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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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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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_AND THE MIDWIVES SAID UNTO PHARAOH, BECAUSE THE HEBREW WOMEN ARE NOT
AS THE EGYPTIAN WOMEN; FOR THEY ARE LIVELY, AND ARE DELIVERED ERE THE
MIDWIVES COME IN UNTO THEM._
The Hebrew women are not as th...
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There was, no doubt, some truth in what the midwives said, though
their womanly instincts led them to evade the unnatural command of the
king....
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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 HEBREW WOMEN ARE NOT AS THE EGYPTIAN WOMEN. — This was probably
true; but it was not the whole truth. Though the midwives had the
courage to disobey the king, they had not “the courage of their
co...
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וַ תֹּאמַ֤רְןָ הַֽ מְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶל
־פַּרְעֹ֔ה...
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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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And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew (g) women [are]
not as the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered
ere the midwives come in unto them.
(g) Their disobedience i...
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Skilful, &c. Hebrew Caioth means midwives: or they are full of vigour,
or bring forth alive, like brutes. By this allusion they not only
excuse themselves, but seem also to enter into the king's senti...
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I think it probable that the Hebrew women were distinguished with
peculiar marks of divine favor in those seasons of child-bearing.
Perhaps as a token to them and their husbands, that the hand of the...
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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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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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AND THE MIDWIVES SAID UNTO PHARAOH, BECAUSE THE HEBREW WOMEN ARE NOT
AS THE EGYPTIAN WOMEN,.... Not so tender, weak, and feeble, nor so
ignorant of midwifery, and needed not the assistance of midwives...
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And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women [are] not
as the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere
the midwives come in unto them.
Ver. 19. _For they are livel...
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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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And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not
as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, full of life and energy,
AND ARE DELIVERED ERE THE MIDWIVES COME IN UNTO THEM. This was...
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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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THEY ARE LIVELY, or, _vigorous_ and active in promoting the birth of
their own children; or, like _the beasts_, which without any help of
others bring forth their young. So the Hebrew word signifies;...
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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 1:19 midwives H3205 (H8764) said H559 (H8799) Pharaoh H6547
Hebrew H5680 women H802 women H4713
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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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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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EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:19 Some think that the midwives’ answer is
deceptive. It is not clear, however, that the reply is untrue; nor is
it clear whether this is all that the women said. The narrator...
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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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Joshua 2:4 1 Samuel 21:2 2 Samuel 17:19 2 Samuel 17:20...
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I see no reason we have to doubt the truth of this; it is plain they
were now under an extraordinary blessing of increase, which may well
be supposed to have this effect, that the women had quick and...
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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...