Exodus 1:16, Exodus 1:22 NLT

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 1:15-22

The Command to Kill all the Male Children v. 15. And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah, their names being recorded to their lasting honor; v. 16. and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools, in determining the sex; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, the male children should be killed right after birth; but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 1:1-22

EXODUS__________THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES(וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת; Ἐξοδος: Exodus)——————————THE PROPHETICO-MESSIANIC THEOCRACY—OR THE GENESIS, REDEMPTION AND SANCTIFICATION OF THE COVENANT PEOPLE__________FIRST DIVISION: MOSES AND PHARAOHThe typically significant redemption of israel out of his servitude in egypt as preliminary condition of and preparation for the establishment of the typical kingdom of god (the theocracy) by means of the mosaic legislation—or the theocratic foundation for the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 1:15-22

God Protects Hebrew Babes from Pharaoh’s Decree Exodus 1:15-22 Egypt’s second stroke of policy was to begin with the children. Pharaoh and Herod set us an example in turning their attention to young life. There is nothing which so closely and instantly touches national well-being as the treatment of the children. It is wonderful to notice what unexpected instruments God uses to defeat the purposes of his enemies. Of all people these two women seemed the unlikeliest. It may be that these two... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 1:1-22

The first word of Exodus, "Now," might with equal accuracy be rendered "And." Either word serves to suggest continuity. The story of Genesis is taken up in Exodus. It begins by recording the prolific and rapid growth of the sons of Jacob in Egypt. They "were fruitful . . . increased abundantly . . . multiplied . . . waxed exceeding mighty . . . the land was filled with them." The progress of God is seen. After the fathers, the children, and the program of God is carried forward. Jacob and his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 1:15-22

Pharaoh Seeks To Destroy Israel Through Its Midwives (Exodus 1:15-22 ). a The king of Egypt calls on the Hebrew midwives who are told at births to slay sons and let the daughters live (Exodus 1:16-17). b The midwives fear God and do not obey him but save the male children alive (Exodus 1:17). c The king of Egypt demands why they have done this (Exodus 1:18). d The midwives reply that it is because of the quick births of the children (Exodus 1:19). c God deals well with the midwives and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 1:15-22

Exodus 1:15-Song of Solomon : E ( Exodus 1:20 b J). Attempt to Destroy Male Children.— From another source we learn of two more ineffectual measures to restrict population. The two midwives, whose names tradition loved to recall for their heroism (while careless about the Pharaoh’ s name!), were, according to Josephus, Egyptian. Though commentators differ, the tone of the passage confirms that view, which requires the rendering, “ the midwives of the Hebrew women” (lit. those women who help... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 1:16

The stools; a seat used by women when ready to be delivered, conveniently framed for the midwife’s better discharge of her office. Ye shall kill him, which it was not difficult for them to do without much observation. If it be a daughter, then she shall live; either, 1. Because he feared not them, but the males only; and some add, that he was advised by one of their magicians, that a male child should be born of the Israelites, who should be a dreadful scourge to the Egyptians. Or, 2. They... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 1:15-21

CRITICAL NOTES.—Exodus 1:15. Hebrew midwives] It is curious, though it may not throw light on the precise relation in which these women stood to the Hebrew women, that their names should be of a like sig. (according to Fürst): Shiphrah = “beauty;” Puah = “gracefulness.” Exodus 1:16. Upon the stools] Perhaps a low seat employed by the mid wives; or the word may be used for a washing vessel of stone, in which they used to wash infants (Ges.) But the explanation of Fürst appears to be,... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Exodus 1:10-17

Prosperity Under Persecution by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Come on let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew." Exodus 1:10-12... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 1:1-22

Exodus 1:1. The children of Israel. Some think we should read here, the sons of Israel. Paul, Galatians 4:3; Galatians 4:5, makes a distinction between children and sons, in the words νηπιοι and υιοθεσιαν . Exodus 1:7. The land was filled with them. The prodigious increase of the Israelites while in Goshen is accounted for, from the peculiar fruitfulness of their females, who often had, as the Jews allow, two, three, and four children at a birth; from their indulgence in a plurality of... read more