Exodus 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 1:1-7

Tarry thou the Lord's leisure. Introduction to the Book of Exodus. How much summed up in so few words. When men live history, every month seems important; when God records history a few sentences suffice for generations. Man ' s standpoint in the midst of the tumult is so different from God's: he "sitteth above the waterflood" and seeth "the end from the beginning" ( Psalms 29:10 ; Isaiah 46:10 ). From God's standpoint we have here as of main consequence— I. A LIST OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 1:1-22

The prosperity of Israel. This prosperity was not a mere appearance, nor a passing spurt of fortune. It was a deep, abiding, and significant reality. Nor was it something exaggerated in order to make an excuse for the cruelties of a suspicious tyrant. There was indeed only too much to make Pharaoh uneasy; but altogether apart from his alarms there is a plain and emphatic statement of the prosperity of Israel in Exodus 1:7 . It is a very emphatic statement indeed, summoning us m the most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 1:2-5

The sons of the legitimate wives Leah and Rachel are placed first, in the order of their seniority ( Genesis 29:32-35 ; Genesis 30:18-20 ; Genesis 35:18 ); then these of the secondary wives, or concubines, also in the order of their birth ( Genesis 30:6-13 ). The order is different from that observed in Genesis 46:1-34 ; and seems intended to do honour to legitimate, as opposed to secondary, wedlock. The omission of Joseph follows necessarily from the exact form of the opening... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 1:1

Now - Literally, “And,” indicating a close connection with the preceding narrative. In fact this chapter contains a fulfillment of the predictions recorded in Genesis 46:3 and in Genesis 15:13.Every man and his household - It may be inferred from various notices that the total number of dependents was considerable, a point of importance in its bearings upon the history of the Exodus (compare Genesis 13:6; Genesis 14:14). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 1:1

Exodus 1:1. These are the names This list of names is here repeated, that by comparing this small root with the multitude of branches which arose from it, we may see and acknowledge the wonderful providence of God in the fulfilment of his promises. Every man and his household That is, his children and grand-children. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 1:1-22

1:1-4:31 PREPARATION OF MOSESEgypt’s oppression of Israel (1:1-22)The small community of Israelites who first settled in Egypt were all members of one family, the family of Jacob, and their early days were ones of happiness and prosperity (Genesis 46:1-7; Genesis 47:11-12). God had promised they would grow into a nation, and over the following centuries they increased in numbers and influence till they dominated the whole of the north-east corner of Egypt (1:1-7; cf. Genesis 13:16; Genesis... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 1:1

Now. The conj. "now" = "and"; thus connecting Exodus closely with Genesis: Leviticus, Numbers, and Deut. begin in the same way. Thus the Pentateuch is one book. For the relation of Exodus to the other books of the Pentateuch, see App-1 . names. Thus Redemption is connected with names. Compare Exodus 1:1-4 with Exodus 39:6 , Exodus 39:7 , Exodus 39:8-14 . The Name of the Redeemer is published throughout. He reveals His name: Exodus 3:14 , Exodus 3:15 ; Exodus 6:3 ; Exodus 33:19 ; Exodus... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 1:2

Reuben. The order is the six sons of Leah, one of Rachel, two of Bilhah, and two of Zilpah. Note the Introversion of these four. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 1:1

"Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob)."This and the following six verses are a parenthetical statement placed here for the purpose of bridging the gap in Israel's history just recounted in Genesis 37-50. The time-span covered by this parenthesis is more than four hundred years, reaching from the settlement of Jacob's posterity in Egypt to the Exodus, about to be related here."Now these are the names ..." It is... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 1:2-6

"Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: and Joseph was in Egypt already. And Joseph died, and his brethren, and all that generation."Regarding the number "seventy," see comments on this under Genesis 46:7. All of the alleged "difficulties" regarding "the seventy," and Stephen's "seventy-five" (Acts 7:14) disappear altogether when it is seen as evident that... read more

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