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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Exodus 1:6

Verse Exodus 1:6. Joseph died, and all his brethren] That is, Joseph had now been some time dead, as also all his brethren, and all the Egyptians who had known Jacob and his twelve sons; and this is a sort of reason why the important services performed by Joseph were forgotten.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 1:1 TO EXODUS 12:36. ISRAEL IN EGYPT: I. INCREASE AND OPPRESSION. Exodus 1:1 P, Exodus 1:6 J,...

  • B. W. Johnson's Bible Commentary

    ISRAEL IN EGYPT. -- Exodus 1:6-14. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ He increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies._ -- Psalms 105:24. TIME. --This lesson begins with the death of Joseph,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND JOSEPH DIED, AND ALL HIS BRETHREN, &C.— The sacred historian means to say here, that Joseph had now been some time dead, with all his brethren, as well as all the Egyptians who had seen and known...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JOSEPH DIED, AND ALL HIS BRETHREN, AND ALL THAT GENERATION._ Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation, х_ DOWR_ (H1755), a circle; Septuagint, genea] - signifies not a generati...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּ֤מָת יֹוסֵף֙ וְ כָל ־אֶחָ֔יו וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER I. _ THE PROLOGUE._ Exodus 1:1. "And these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt." Many books of the Old Testament begin with the conjunction And. This fact, it has...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AFFLICTED Exodus 1:1 The buried seed began to bear an abundant harvest, notwithstanding the efforts of Pharaoh and his people. The kings of the earth take counsel together to...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Generation, or race of mortals who had seen his wonderful works. The tyrant, who knew not Joseph, began his reign about 58 years after that patriarch's death. (Calmet) --- His name was Pharao Amenoph...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Ecclesiastes 1:4. How sweet to contemplate him amidst the dying circumstances of our nature, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Psalms 102:11, etc....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6._And Joseph died. _The Rabbins ignorantly conclude from this expression that Joseph died first of his brethren, whereas it is evident that the others were passed over, and his name was expressly men...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JOSEPH DIED, AND ALL HIS BRETHREN,.... It is a notion of the Jews, that Joseph died before any of his brethren, Genesis 50:26 and they gather it from these words; but it does not necessarily foll...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. Ver. 6. _And all that generation,_] _Ea enim lege nati sumus ut moriamur:_ God also maketh haste to have the number of his elect fulfil...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Exo. 1:6, 7. "And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation; and the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty, and the la...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _All that generation_ By degrees wore off. Perhaps all Jacob's sons died much about the same time, for there was not past seven years' difference in age between the eldest and the youngest of them, ex...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Joseph died, and all his brethren and all that generation. Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years, Genesis 50:26, apparently the first one of the brothers to be taken away; but he was...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE PEOPLE...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 During more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived at liberty, the Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons went down into Egypt. There, in about the same number of year...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    _ 1635_ No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 1:6 Joseph H3130 died H4191 (H8799) brothers H251 generation H1755 Genesis 50:24,...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PEOPLE MULTIPLY AND ARE PUT TO HARD LABOUR (EXODUS 1:6). The careful patterning continues: a Joseph dies and all his generation (Exodus 1:6). b The children of Israel are fruitful and multiply...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Exodus 1:6 I. Joseph was still a son, though lord over Egypt (Genesis 45:9). His heart yearned over his father with all a child's clinging trustfulness. II. Jacob's heart fainted, for the news was to...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Joseph died, and all his brethren._ THE DEATH OF A WHOLE FAMILY I. It was a very large family II. It was a very diversified family. 1. They were diversified in their sympathies. 2. They were div...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 1:1 Exodus 1:1 of Israel from Egypt. The first half of Exodus 1:1 focuses on the

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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 st...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    THE OPPRESSION OF ISRAEL IN EGYPT, WITH THE BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES. EXPOSITION EXODUS 1:1 The Book of Exodus, being wri

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    A.M. 2369. B.C. 1635. Genesis 50:24 Genesis 50:26 Acts 7:14...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE BIRTH AND YOUTH OF MOSES Exodus 1:1, _Exodus 1:22_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction, we wish to discuss the meaning of the word, "Exodus." The first Book of the Bible is Genesis; it is...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    All that generation by degrees wore off: perhaps all Jacob's sons died much about the same time, for there was not past seven years difference in age between the eldest and the youngest of them, excep...

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