Exodus 2:25 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 2:23-25

Here is, 1. The continuance of the Israelites? bondage in Egypt, Exod. 2:23. Probably the murdering of their infants did not continue; this part of their affliction attended only the period immediately connected with the birth of Moses, and served to signalize it. The Egyptians now were content with their increase, finding that Egypt was enriched by their labour; so that they might have them for slaves, they cared not how many they were. On this therefore they were intent, to keep them all at... 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 2:25

And God had respect unto them - אלהים וידע vaiyeda Elohim , God knew them, i.e., he approved of them, and therefore it is said that their cry came up before God, and he heard their groaning. The word ידע yada , to know, in the Hebrew Bible, as well as γινωσκω in the Greek Testament, is frequently used in the sense of approving; and because God knew - had respect for and approved of, them, therefore he was determined to deliver them. For אלהים Elohim , God, in the last clause of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:23-25

EXPOSITION. DEATH OF THE PHARAOH FROM WHOM MOSES FLED — CONTINUANCE OF THE OPPRESSION OF ISRAEL - ISRAEL 'S PRAYERS — GOD 'S ACCEPTANCE OF THEM . — After a space of forty years from the time of Moses' flight from Egypt, according to the estimate of St. Stephen ( Acts 7:30 ), which is not, however, to be strictly pressed, the king whose anger he had provoked — Rameses II ., as we believe — died. He had reigned sixty-seven years — about... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:23-25

As in streams the water is attracted to and swirls round various centres, so here the interest of the narrative circles about three facts. We have — I . THE KING 'S DEATH . Who the king was may be uncertain. [Some say Aahmes I . . — see Canon Cook, in 'Speaker's Commentary;' others, Rameses II . — see R . S . Poole, In Contemporary Review,' March, 1879.] What he had done is sufficiently evident. Confronted with an alien people, of whose history he knew little and with whom... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:24-25

God heard their groaning. God is said to "hear" the prayers which he accepts and grants; to "be deaf" to those which he does not grant, but rejects. He now "heard" (i.e. accepted) the supplications of oppressed Israel; and on account of the covenant which he had made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob — a covenant always remembered by him — he looked upon his people, made them the objects of his special regard, and entered on a course, which was abnormal, irregular, miraculous, in order to carry... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:24-25

Exodus 2:24-25. And God heard their groaning That is, he made it to appear that he took notice of their complaints. The groans of the oppressed cry loud in the ears of the righteous God, to whom vengeance belongs; especially the groans of God’s children, the burdens they groan under, and the blessings they groan after. And God remembered his covenant Which he seemed to have forgotten, but really is ever mindful of. This God had an eye to, and not to any merit of theirs, in what he did... 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:23-25

"And it came to pass in the course of many days, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them."As many have pointed out, these verses are actually the introduction to the following chapter. Doubtless the children of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 2:16-25

5. Moses’ life in Midian 2:16-25This section introduces some of the secondary characters in Exodus and sets the stage for Moses’ call. Its purpose is primarily transitional.Moses provided water for Jethro’s daughters and their sheep in the wilderness (Exodus 2:16-17). Later he provided water for God’s people and their flocks in the wilderness (cf. Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:7-11). This was the third time Moses sought to deliver others from harm (Exodus 2:17; cf. Exodus 2:12-13).As "the priest of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 2:23-25

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:23-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:23-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 2:24-25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:24-25

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:1-25

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:23-25

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 2:16-25

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