Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 1:16
Upon the stools - Literally, “two stones.” The word denotes a special seat, such as is represented on monuments of the 18th Dynasty, and is still used by Egyptian midwives. read more
出エジプト記 1:15-21 Jcb
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 1:21
Made them houses - i. e. they married Hebrews and became mothers in Israel. The expression is proverbial. See the margin reference. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 1:15
Exodus 1:15. 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 barbarous to those of their own nation; but because they were generally made use of among the Hebrews, and being Egyptians, he hoped to prevail with them. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 1:16-19
Exodus 1:16-19. The stools Seats used on that occasion. But the midwives feared God Dreaded his wrath more than Pharaoh’s, and therefore saved the men-children alive. The Hebrew women are lively We have no reason to doubt the truth of this; it is plain they were now under an extraordinary blessing of increase, which may well be supposed to have had this effect, that the women had quick and easy labour, and the mothers and children being both lively, they seldom needed the help of... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 1:20-21
Exodus 1:20-21. God dealt well with the midwives he made them houses He blessed them in kind: for as they kept up Israel’s houses or families, so God, in recompense, built them up into families, blessed their children, and made them prosperous. But a late learned writer interprets the passage as follows: Pharaoh, resolving effectually to prevent the increase of the Israelites, built houses for them, that so they might no longer have it in their power to lodge their women in child-bed... 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 1:15
the king of Egypt . See App-37 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 1:16
them : i.e. the children. stools . Hebrew "two stones". Probably the stone bath in which the children were bathed. kill him. This was another assault of Satan, to destroy the male children, and so prevent "the seed of the woman "from coming into the world. See App-23 , But God intervened by providing the Hebrew midwives, and preserving and preparing Moses. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 1:17
God . Hebrew. Eth ha-'Elohim, very emphatic for the true or triune God. as = according as. saved = suffered. . . . to live. read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 1:15
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 Israel, namely, the exposure of Moses. The women bear Egyptian names, and were probably Egyptians. read more