Exodus 1:1, The children of Israel, after Joseph’s death, increase; Exodus 1:8, The more they are oppressed by a new king, the more they multiply; Exodus 1:15, The godliness of the midwives, in saving the men children alive; Exodus 1:22, Pharaoh commands the male children to be cast into the river.
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Exodus 1 — OverviewExodus 1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here, I. God's kindness to Israel, in multiplying them
exceedingly, (ver. 1-7). II. The Egyptians' wickedness to them, 1.
Oppressing and enslaving them, (ver. 8-14). 2. Murdering their
children, (ver.…Exodus 1 — OverviewExodus 1 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis book is called by the Jews Veelleh Shemoth, from the first words with which it begins, and sometimes Sepher Shemoth, and sometimes only Shemoth. It is by the Septuagint called Exodus, from whom we have the name of…Exodus 1:1-7Exodus 1:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn these verses we have, 1. A recital of the names of the twelve
patriarchs, as they are called, Acts vii. 8. Their names are often
repeated in scripture, that they may not sound uncouth to us, as other
hard…Exodus 1:1Exodus 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryNow these are the names. Literally, "And these are the names." Compare Genesis 46:8, where the phrase used is the same. We have here the first example of that almost universal practice of fife writers of the Historical…Exodus 1:1Exodus 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryRemoval to Egypt.
This early instance of emigration shows—
I. How the CALL to leave the land of one's fathers may sometimes be
1. Unexpected Jacob little expected to end his days in Egypt.
2. Trying. Canaan, the…Exodus 1:1-5Exodus 1:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe patriarchal names.
I. THE NAMES IN THEMSELVES. Nothing seems to the ordinary reader of Holy Scripture so dry and uninteresting as a bare catalogue of names. Objections are even made to reading them as parts of…