Exodus 2:15-17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:11-15

Moses Has To Flee From Egypt (Exodus 2:11-15 b). Moses would have been educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, being groomed for high office. Loyal relatives who had no pretensions to a claim to the throne were always a bonus to ancient kings. But the writer is not interested in that. What mattered was that Moses aligned himself with the people of God. a When grown up Moses goes among his Hebrew brothers and sees an Egyptian taskmaster beating one of them severely (Exodus 2:11). b... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:15-20

Moses Falls Among Friends in Midian (Exodus 2:15-20 ). Moses’ position was precarious. But God had not forsaken him. And he would soon raise him to a position where he could prepare for his (as yet unknown to Moses) future. a Moses sits down by a well (Exodus 2:15 c). b The seven daughters of the priest of Midian come and draw water at the well, drawing water and filling the troughs to water their father’s flock (Exodus 2:1 a). c Shepherds come and drive them away (Exodus 2:17 a). c Moses... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 2:11-22

Exodus 2:11-Song of Solomon : J. Moses’ s Flight to Midian.— Here is interposed an incident from J, who uses the same word “ grow” (contrast Exodus 2:10) of Moses reaching man’ s estate, interpreted in Acts 7:23 as 40 years of age ( cf. 42 years in Jubilees). The “ Egyptian” slain by Moses may have been some bully of a gangmaster ( cf. Exodus 3:7). The well-intentioned but unjustifiable assumption of the authority to punish committed Moses to the career of a patriot ( cf. Hebrews... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 2:15

He sought to slay Moses; not out of zeal to punish a murderer, but to secure himself from so dangerous a person, probably supposing that this was the man foretold to be the scourge of Egypt, and the deliverer of Israel. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 2:16

The Priest of Midian; not of idols, for then Moses would not have married into his family; but of the true God; for some such were in those ancient times here and there, as appears by Melchisedek, though his manner of worshipping God might be superstitious and corrupt: or the Hebrew cohen may here signify a prince, or a potentate, as Genesis 41:45. Nor doth the employment of his daughters contradict that translation, both because principalities were then many of them very small and mean, and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 2:17

The shepherds drove them away, that they might enjoy the fruit of their labours, and make use of the water which they had drawn for their own cattle. Moses helped them; either by persuading them with fair words, or by force; for Moses was strong, and full of courage and resolution, wherewith the shepherds were easily daunted. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 2:15

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Exodus 2:15THE MEDITATIONS OF A PERPLEXED SOUL“And he sat down by a well.” This calls to our mind a New Testament scene. These meditations—I. They occurred at an important crisis in the life of Moses. “But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh.” 1. Moses had vacated a good home. He had left the wealth—luxury of an Egyptian palace—the kindness of a royal mother who was deeply interested in him. He knew not where he was going—what he was to do for a daily... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Exodus 2:16-22

CRITICAL NOTES.—Exodus 2:18. Reuel] It is common to say that R. is = “God’s friend” (Ges. Dav.); but the theory of Fürst that the giving of these “E1-” names (and others) was a sort of worshipful recognition of Divine Providence. leads him to modify the rendering of the combined roots to “El is friendship.” We have paid some little attention to this theory in its results on the meaning of Bible names, and deem it well worthy of further consideration. Exodus 2:21. Zipporah] Here we come upon a... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Exodus 2:1-25

Chapter 2There 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 for three months ( Exodus 2:1-2 ).The word "goodly" is "beautiful", so this woman had a beautiful little boy, and she just couldn't bring herself to throwing him in the river. Now that was the order of the Pharaoh. But he was such a beautiful little boy, and of course what mother could really just throw her son... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 2:1-25

Exodus 2:1. Took to wife. Amram married Jochebed, his father’s sister, as in Exodus 6:20; that is, as the scriptures often afford example, his father’s relation. But doubts may be entertained of Josephus here, because she must have been very old when Moses was born. Exodus 2:2. A goodly child; a beautiful and fine looking infant. Hence she made an ark of papyrus, a water plant, proper for the purpose. This reed grew ten feet high, and was employed in making canoes, and was used for many... read more

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