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Verse Exodus 1:15. _HEBREW MIDWIVES_] _Shiphrah_ and _Puah_, who are
here mentioned, were probably certain _chiefs_, under whom all the
rest acted, and by whom they were instructed in the _obstetric_...
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HEBREW MIDWIFES - Or “midwives of the Hebrew women.” This measure
at once attested the inefficacy of the former measures, and was the
direct cause of the event which issued in the deliverance of Israe...
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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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AND THE KING OF EGYPT, &C.— Pharaoh finding, by the experience of at
least ten years, that neither the hardships he laid upon the Hebrews,
nor all the cruelties which his officers and people used towa...
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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 KING OF EGYPT SPAKE TO THE HEBREW MIDWIVES, OF WHICH THE NAME
OF THE ONE WAS SHIPHRAH, AND THE NAME OF THE OTHER PUAH:_
The king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives. It appears from the
mo...
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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 wive...
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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 MIDWIVES. — Or _the midwives of the Hebrew women_
(ταῖς μαίαις τῶν Έβραίων, LXX.). The Hebrew
construction admits of either rendering. In favour of the midwives
being Egyptians is the consi...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לַֽ †
מְיַלְּדֹ֖ת הָֽ עִבְרִיֹּ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר
שֵׁ֤ם הָֽ אַחַת֙ שִׁפְרָ֔ה...
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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...
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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 king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name
of the one [was] (f) Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
(f) These seem to have been the main of the rest....
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_Midwives. Egyptian women, who assisted all of that district.
(Josephus, [Antiquities] xi. 5.) There were others under them. Some
think all these midwives were of Hebrew extraction, as their names are...
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Reader! This subject considered spiritually is very interesting. The
enemy would destroy as soon as born everyone of the spiritual seed of
Christ, as Herod thought to have done Christ himself. Matthew...
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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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15._And the king of Egypt spake. _The tyrant now descends from the
open violence and cruelty which had availed nothing, to secret plots
and deceit. He desires the infants to be killed at their birth;...
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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 provid...
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AND THE KING OF EGYPT SPAKE TO THE HEBREW MIDWIVES,.... It is
difficult to say who these midwives were, whether Egyptian or Hebrew
women. Josephus is of opinion that they were Egyptians, and indeed
th...
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And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name
of the one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
Ver. 15. _To the Hebrew midwives._] In Egypt and Greece the midwives
o...
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_The king spake to the Hebrew midwives_ The two chief of them. They
are called Hebrew midwives, probably not because they were themselves
Hebrews; for sure Pharaoh could never expect they should be so...
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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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And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name
of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah, their names
being recorded to their lasting honor;...
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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...
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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 t...
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THE HEBREW MIDWIVES; such as not only were employed about the Hebrew
women, but were Hebrews themselves, not Egyptians, as some suppose; as
may appear,
1. Because they are expressly called, not _the...
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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 1:15 king H4428 Egypt H4714 spoke H559 (H8799) Hebrew H5680
midwives H3205 (H8764) name H8034 one H259 Shiphrah H8236 name H8034
other H8145 Puah H6326...
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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...
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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 departure of the people of Israel
from Egypt.
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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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And the king spake to the Hebrew midwives — The two chief of them.
They are called Hebrew midwives, probably not because they were
themselves Hebrews; for sure Pharaoh could never expect they should b...
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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...