E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 1:21
houses = families. or progeny. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject). App-6 . read more
出エジプト記 1:15-21 Jcb
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 1:15-18
"And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: and he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birthstool, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him, but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 1:19-22
"And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them. And God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.""Hebrew women are not as... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 1:15
Exodus 1:15. And the king of Egypt, &c.— Pharaoh finding, by the experience of at least ten years, that neither the hardships he laid upon the Hebrews, nor all the cruelties which his officers and people used towards them, could prevent their multiplying, he devised another more cruel scheme, and sent for two of the principal Hebrew midwives, to enjoin them the execution of it. Though, Moses mentions but two midwives, yet we must not suppose that they could suffice to such a vast number of... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 1:16
Exodus 1:16. See them upon the stools— The word אבנים abnim occurs only here, and Jeremiah 18:3. The LXX have not translated it. If it be a son,—ye shall kill him— The order itself was inhuman enough; but it becomes, if possible, ten times more so, by making the midwives the executioners; thus obliging them not only to be savagely bloody, but basely perfidious in the most tender trust. Josephus says, that a prophecy of a child to be born of the Hebrew race, who should greatly annoy the... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 1:19
Exodus 1:19. And the midwives said unto Pharaoh— Fully satisfied that it was better to obey GOD than man, the midwives disobeyed this unjust command; and vindicated themselves to Pharaoh, when accused by him, for so doing. I see no sufficient reason to suppose, that there was the least prevarication in the midwives: for is it not natural to believe, that the same Divine Providence which so miraculously interposed for the multiplication of Israel, might grant an easy deliverance to the Hebrew... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 1:21
Exodus 1:21. He made them houses— He made them families, i.e. in the obvious sense of the words, he recompensed their piety, virtue, and courage, by making them prosperous, and their families considerable in Israel. In which sense, all the versions we have met with understand the passage: and as this is the case, and as the expression is truly scriptural, there surely can be no need to look out for other and forced interpretations. See Deuteronomy 25:9. Ruth 4:11. 1Sa 2:35; 1 Samuel 25:28. 2... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 1:15
15. the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives—Two only were spoken to—either they were the heads of a large corporation [LABORDE], or, by tampering with these two, the king designed to terrify the rest into secret compliance with his wishes [CALVIN]. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 1:16
16. if it be a son, then ye shall kill him—Opinions are divided, however, what was the method of destruction which the king did recommend. Some think that the "stools" were low seats on which these obstetric practitioners sat by the bedside of the Hebrew women; and that, as they might easily discover the sex, so, whenever a boy appeared, they were to strangle it, unknown to its parents; while others are of opinion that the "stools" were stone troughs, by the river side—into which, when the... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 1:20
God . Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . read more