Exodus 2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:24

And God heard their groaning ,.... The petitions they put up to him with groans and cries: and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob ; that he would bring their seed out of a land not theirs, in which they were strangers, and were afflicted, into the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:25

And God looked upon the children of Israel ,.... With an eye of pity and compassion, and saw all the hardships they laboured under, and all the injuries that were done unto them: and God had respect unto them ; had a favourable regard to them; or "knew" F2 וידע "et eognovit", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. not only them, the Israelites, and loved them, and approved of them, and owned them as his own, all which words of knowledge sometimes signify; but he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2

Amram and Jochebed marry, Exodus 2:1 . Moses is born, and is hidden by his mother three months, Exodus 2:2 . Is exposed in an ark of bulrushes on the riser Nile, and watched by his sister, Exodus 2:3 , Exodus 2:4 . He is found by the daughter of Pharaoh, who commits him to the care of his own mother, and has him educated as her own son, Exodus 2:5-9 . When grown up, he is brought to Pharaoh's daughter, who receives him as her own child, and calls him Moses, Exodus 2:10 . Finding an... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:1

There went a man - Amram, son of Kohath, son of Levi, Exodus 6:16-20 . A daughter of Levi, Jochebed, sister to Kohath, and consequently both the wife and aunt of her husband Amram, Exodus 6:20 ; Numbers 26:59 . Such marriages were at this time lawful, though they were afterwards forbidden, Leviticus 18:12 . But it is possible that daughter of Levi means no more than a descendant of that family, and that probably Amram and Jochebed were only cousin germans . As a new law was to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:2

Bare a son - This certainly was not her first child, for Aaron was fourscore and three years old when Moses was but fourscore, see Exodus 7:7 ; : and there was a sister, probably Miriam, who was older than either; see below, Exodus 2:4 , and see Numbers 26:59 . Miriam and Aaron had no doubt been both born before the decree was passed for the destruction of the Hebrew male children, mentioned in the preceding chapter. Goodly child - The text simply says הוא טיב כי ki tob hu ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:3

An ark of bulrushes - גמא תבת tebath gome , a small boat or basket made of the Egyptian reed called papyrus, so famous in all antiquity. This plant grows on the banks of the Nile, and in marshy grounds; the stalk rises to the height of six or seven cubits above the water, is triangular, and terminates in a crown of small filaments resembling hair, which the ancients used to compare to a thyrsus. This reed was of the greatest use to the inhabitants of Egypt, the pith contained in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:5

And the daughter of Pharaoh - Josephus calls her Thermuthis, and says that "the ark was borne along by the current, and that she sent one that could swim after it; that she was struck with the figure and uncommon beauty of the child; that she inquired for a nurse, but he having refused the breasts of several, and his sister proposing to bring a Hebrew nurse, his own mother was procured." But all this is in Josephus's manner, as well as the long circumstantial dream that he gives to Amram... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:6

She had compassion on him - The sight of a beautiful babe in distress could not fail to make the impression here mentioned; see Clarke on Exodus 2:2 ; (note). It has already been conjectured that the cruel edict of the Egyptian king did not continue long in force; see Exodus 1:22 . And it will not appear unreasonable to suppose that the circumstance related here might have brought about its abolition. The daughter of Pharaoh, struck with the distressed state of the Hebrew children from... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:7

Shall I go and call a nurse - Had not the different circumstances marked here been placed under the superintendence of an especial providence, there is no human probability that they could have had such a happy issue. The parents had done every thing to save their child that piety, affection, and prudence could dictate, and having done so, they left the event to God. By faith, says the apostle, Hebrews 11:23 , Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:10

And he became her son - From this time of his being brought home by his nurse his education commenced, and he was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, Acts 7:22 , who in the knowledge of nature probably exceeded all the nations then on the face of the earth. And she called his name - משה mosheh , because המים מן min hammayim , out of the waters משיתהו meshithihu , have I drawn him. משה mashah signifies to draw out; and mosheh is the person drawn out; the word... read more

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