Exodus 2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:5-6

Exodus 2:5-6. And the daughter of Pharaoh came Providence brings no less a person than Pharaoh’s daughter just at that juncture, guides her to the place where this poor infant lay, inclines her heart to pity it, which she dares do, when none else durst. Never did poor child cry so seasonably as this did; the babe wept Which moved her compassion, as no doubt his beauty did. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:10

Exodus 2:10. And he became her son The tradition of the Jews is, that Pharaoh’s daughter had no child of her own, and that she was the only child of her father, so that when he was adopted for her son, he stood fair for the crown: however, it is certain he stood fair for the best preferments of the court in due time, and in the mean time had the advantage of the best education, with the help of which he became master of all the lawful learning of the Egyptians, Acts 7:22. Those whom God... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:11-12

Exodus 2:11-12. When Moses was grown, he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens As one that not only pitied them, but was resolved to venture with them and for them. He slew the Egyptian Probably it was one of the Egyptian task-masters, whom he found abusing his Hebrew slave. By special warrant from Heaven (which makes not a precedent in ordinary cases) Moses slew the Egyptian, and rescued his oppressed brother. The Jews’ tradition is, that he did not slay him with any... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:14

Exodus 2:14. He said, Who made thee a prince? He challengeth his authority. A man needs no great authority for giving a friendly reproof; it is an act of kindness; yet this man will needs interpret it an act of dominion, and represents his reprover as imperious and assuming. Thus, when people are sick of good discourse, or a seasonable admonition, they will call it preaching, as if a man could not speak a word for God, and against sin, but he took too much upon him. Yet Moses was indeed... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:15

Exodus 2:15. Moses fled from Pharaoh God ordered this for wise ends. Things were not yet ripe for Israel’s deliverance. The measure of Egypt’s iniquity was not yet full; the Hebrews were not sufficiently humbled, nor were they yet increased to such a multitude as God designed: Moses is to be further fitted for the service, and therefore is directed to withdraw for the present, “till the time to favour Israel, even the set time, come.” God guided Moses to Midian, because the Midianites were... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:17

Exodus 2:17. Stood up and helped them This he did, because wherever he was, as occasion offered itself, he loved to be doing justice, and appearing in the defence of such as he saw injured. He loved to be doing good: wherever the providence of God cast us, we should desire and endeavour to be useful; and when we cannot do the good we would, we must be ready to do the good we can. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:18

Exodus 2:18. Reuel Or Raguel (see Num 10:29 ) is thought by some to have been their grandfather, and father of Hobab or Jethro, their immediate father. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:19

Exodus 2:19. An Egyptian delivered us Such they supposed him to be by his habit and speech; or perhaps he told them that he came from Egypt. Drew water enough Hebrew, In drawing he drew, which phrase means that he drew it readily and diligently, which caused their quick return. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:21

Exodus 2:21. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter Whom he married, not immediately, but after some years of acquaintance with the family, as may be gathered from the youth of one of his sons, and his being uncircumcised forty years after this, Exodus 4:25. read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:22

Exodus 2:22. Gershom That is, A stranger there. Now this settlement of Moses in Midian was designed by Providence to shelter him for the present; God will find hiding-places for his people in the day of their distress. It was also designed to prepare him for the services he was to be called to. His manner of life in Midian, where he kept the flock of his father-in-law, would inure him to hardship and fatigue, and to contemplation and devotion. Egypt accomplished him for a scholar, a... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:5-6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:11-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:19

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:22

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