Exodus 1:16, Exodus 1:22 NLT

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 1:16

(16) Upon the stools.—Literally, upon the two stones. It has been suggested that a seat corresponding to the modern hursee elwilâdeh is meant. This is a “chair of a peculiar form,” upon which in modern Egypt the woman is seated during parturition. (See Lane, Modern Egyptians, vol. iii. p. 142.) But it does not appear that this seat is composed of “two stones;” nor is there any distinct evidence of its employment at the time of child-birth in Ancient Egypt. The emendation of Hirsch—banim for... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 1:1-22

Exodus 1:8 It is a rare thing to find posterity heirs of their father's love. How should men's favour be but like themselves, variable and inconstant! There is no certainty but in the favour of God, in whom can be no change, whose love is entailed upon a thousand generations. Bishop Hall. Exodus 1:10 Crimes and criminals are swept away by time, nature finds an antidote for their poisons, and they and their ill consequences alike are blotted out and perish. If we do not forgive the villain at... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 1:7-22

THE OPPRESSION.Exodus 1:7-22.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 jealousy of their rulers, at the very time when a change of dynasty removed the sense of obligation. It is a sound lesson in political as well as personal godliness that prosperity itself is dangerous, and needs special protection from on high.Is it merely by chance again that we find in this first... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 1:1-22

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 1:1-7 ) 2. The new king and his policy (Exodus 1:8-11 ) 3. The continued increase (Exodus 1:12 ) 4. Their hard bondage (Exodus 1:13-14 ) 5. The midwives commanded (Exodus 1:15-16 ) 6. Their disobedience and God’s reward (Exodus 1:17-21 ) 7. Pharaoh’s charge to all his people (Exodus 1:22 ) The... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 1:1-22

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 46:8-27. This small number of 70 persons, however, rather than integrating with the Egyptian nation, which would be normally expected, maintained an identity totally distinct from them. Since that time too, even though Israel has been scattered for centuries among other nations, God has preserved a clear distinction between... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 1:1-22

JOSEPH ’S DEATH , MOSES ’ CALL In Exodus we have the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt and the establishment of their relationship with Jehovah their Deliverer. It opens by rehearsing the names of Jacob’s sons and the passing away of Joseph and his generation (Exodus 1:1-6 ) matters considered in Genesis. Then follows a statement of the numerical development of Israel. Count the adverbs, adjectives and nouns describing it, and see how God has fulfilled already one part of His prediction to... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 1:1-22

Moses on the Nile Exo 1:22 A very easy plan, was it not? Whom you fear, destroy; that is a brief and easy creed, surely? This was turning the river to good account. It was a ready-made grave. Pharaoh did not charge the people to cut the sod, and lay the murdered children in the ground; the sight would have been unpleasant, the reminders would have been too numerous; he said, Throw the intruders into the river: there will be but a splash, a few bubbles on the surface, and the whole thing will... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Exodus 1:16-17

Is it not a mark of grace in these women? Proverbs 1:7 . And was it not similar to the faith of Rahab? Hebrews 11:31 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 1:16

The time, &c. Hebrew, "and you shall see them upon the two stones." Abenaim. Jeremias (xviii. 3,) uses the same expression, speaking of a potter hard at work. (Calmet) --- A woman, from whom nothing could be feared, to be reserved for service and for pleasure. (Menochius) --- We must not obey princes in their unjust commands. (Acts iv. and v., and Matthew x. 28.) (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 1:15-22

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 the Hebrews were now under an uncommon blessing. And we see that the services done for God's Israel are often repaid in kind. Pharaoh gave orders to drown all the male children of the Hebrews. The enemy who, by Pharaoh, attempted to destroy the church in this its infant state, is busy to stifle the... read more