Exodus 2:1 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:1-10

The child of the water. "And she called his name Moses... water." — Exodus 2:10 . Save Jesus, Moses is the greatest name in history. Compare with it Mahomet, or even that of Paul. As the founder of the Jewish religion — under God — his influence is felt to-day, not only by 6,000,000 Jews, but throughout the Christian Church. Here is the beginning of his career. This mighty stream of influence we can trace to its source; not like the Nile, whose origin is still in debate, a mystery. The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:1-11

A child of providence. This section recounts the birth, deliverance, and upbringing at the court of Pharaoh, of the future Deliverer of Israel. In which we have to notice — I . AN ACT OF FAITH ON THE PART OF MOSES ' PARENTS . The faith of Moses' parents is signalised in the Epistle to the Hebrews ( Hebrews 11:23 ). Observe — 1. The occasion of its trial. The king's edict threatened the child's life. The ease of Moses was peculiar, yet not entirely so. No... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 2:1

A man ... a daughter of Levi - Amram and Jochebed. See Exodus 6:20. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:1

Exodus 2:1. There went a man Amram, from the place of his abode to another place. A daughter That is, grand-daughter of Levi. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:1-25

Preparation of Moses (2:1-25)Moses was the person God chose to save his people and lead them out of Egypt. He was born of godly Hebrew parents, who no doubt taught him that the true and living God was the only legitimate object of human worship, and this God had chosen Israel to be his people. At the same time Moses grew up in the Egyptian palace, where he was trained in the best learning and culture available at that time (2:1-10; see Acts 7:22; Hebrews 11:23).By the time he was forty years of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:1

a man . Hebrew. 'ish, App-14 . = Amram, Exodus 6:16-20 . house = lineage. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6 . Levi. For Genealogy see App-29 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:1-2

"And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived and bare a son, and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.""Of the house of Levi ..." This means "a descendant of Levi," but not actually a literal son of Levi who had been dead for centuries as the time of the exodus approached. Levi was the head of the tribe which later became the Levites and who had charge of the religious life of Israel. The names of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 2:1

Exodus 2:1. And there went— From the passages referred to in the margin of our Bibles, it appears, that the name of the father of Moses was Amram, and his mother's Jochebed; a daughter of Levi, we render it; which means a descendant, one of the house and family of Levi (Levitidem, as Houbigant has it). As it is plain that they had children before Moses, viz. Aaron, who was three years older than Moses, Exo 7:7 and a sister, most probably Miriam, (for we read of no other sister that he had,)... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 2:1

1. there went a man of the house of Levi, c. Amram was the husband and Jochebed the wife (compare Exodus 6:2 Numbers 26:59). The marriage took place, and two children, Miriam and Aaron, were born some years before the infanticidal edict. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 2:1-5

The names of Moses’ parents were Amram and Jochebed (Exodus 6:20)."At this point Scripture’s aim is to inform us that from an ordinary man, . . . and from an ordinary woman, . . . whose names there was no need to mention [at this point], God raised up a redeemer unto his people." [Note: Cassuto, p. 17.] It is not clear from the text if Moses was an unusually beautiful child physically or if he was distinctive in some other respect (Exodus 2:2). Some commentators translated "beautiful" as... read more