出エジプト記 7:14-17 JC

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

Here is the first of the ten plagues, the turning of the water into blood, which was, 1. A dreadful plague, and very grievous. The very sight of such vast rolling streams of blood, pure blood no doubt, florid and high-colored, could not but strike a horror upon people: much more afflictive were the consequences of it. Nothing more common than water: so wisely has Providence ordered it, and so kindly, that that which is so needful and serviceable to the comfort of human life should be cheap,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:14

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened ,.... Or "heavy" F3 כבד "grave", Montanus, Drusius. So Ainsworth. , dull and stupid, stiff and inflexible, cannot lift up his heart, or find in his heart to obey the will of God: he refuseth to let the people go ; which was an instance and proof of the hardness and heaviness of his heart, on which the above miracle had made no impression, to regard what God by his ambassadors had required of him. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:15

Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning ,.... The next morning, a time in which the mind is most composed and sedate, and fit to attend to what may be suggested: lo, he goeth out unto the water ; the river Nile, either to take his morning's walk, and to refresh himself at the waterside, as the Jerusalem Targum; or to observe divinations upon the water, as a magician, as the Targum of Jonathan. So in the Talmud F4 T. Bab. Moed. Katon, fol. 18. 1. it is said, that the Pharaoh in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:16

And thou shalt say unto him ,.... Upon meeting him: the Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee ; still appearing in the character of the ambassador of Jehovah, the God of the children of Israel: saying, let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness ; the demand is once more renewed, before any punishment is inflicted for refusal, that the patience and forbearance of God might be the more visible, and his judgments appear the more righteous when inflicted, as well... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:17

Thus saith the Lord, in this thou shalt know that I am the Lord ,.... By the following instance of his power and vengeance: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand ; which though in the hand of Moses, Exodus 7:18 yet he being his ambassador, and representing him, is said to be in the hand of the Lord; and with this he threatens to smite upon the waters which are in the river ; the river Nile, and the canals thereof: and they shall be turned to blood ; and if this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:14

Pharaoh's heart is hardened - כבד cabed , is become heavy or stupid; he receives no conviction, notwithstanding the clearness of the light which shines upon him. We well know the power of prejudice: where persons are determined to think and act after a predetermined plan, arguments, demonstrations, and even miracles themselves, are lost on them, as in the case of Pharaoh here, and that of the obstinate Jews in the days of our Lord and his apostles. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:15

Lo, he goeth out unto the water - Probably for the purpose of bathing, or of performing some religious ablution. Some suppose he went out to pay adoration to the river Nile, which was an object of religious worship among the ancient Egyptians. "For," says Plutarch, De Iside., ουδεν οὑτω τιμη Αιγυπτιοις ὡς ὁ Νειλος "nothing is in greater honor among the Egyptians than the river Nile." Some of the ancient Jews supposed that Pharaoh himself was a magician, and that he walked by the river... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:17

Behold, I will smite - Here commences the account of the Ten plagues which were inflicted on the Egyptians by Moses and Aaron, by the command and through the power of God. According to Archbishop Usher these ten plagues took place in the course of one month, and in the following order: - The first, the Waters turned into Blood, took place, he supposes, the 18th day of the sixth month; Exodus 7:20 . The second, the plague of Frogs, on the 25th day of the sixth month; Exodus 8:2 . ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:14

Verse 14 14.And the Lord said unto Moses. Moses now begins to relate the two plagues which were inflicted upon Egypt before Pharaoh was induced to obey; and although there was something prodigious in the madness which strove against God’s hand so powerfully constraining him, yet in the person of this single reprobate, the picture of human pride and rebellion, when it is not controlled by a spirit of tractableness, is presented to our view. Let the faithful then be admonished by this narrative... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:8-14

The rod turned into a serpent. On this sign, notice— I. ITS SIGNIFICANCE . 1 . Its distinctness from the similar sign wrought for the conviction of the Israelites. On the meaning of the latter, see Exodus 4:1-6 . There the serpent into which the rod was turned seemed to denote the power of the monarch—the royal and divine power of Egypt—of which the serpent was an Egyptian emblem. However threatening the aspect of this power to Moses and the Israelites, the sign taught them... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 7:14-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 7:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 7:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 7:8-14

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