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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

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

a son. Moses was the seventh from Abraham, Abraham the seventh from Heber, Enoch the seventh from Adam. Miriam already born (Exodus 2:4 , Numbers 26:59 ). Also Aaron (Exodus 7:7 ). goodly . Hebrew. tov. Septuagint and Acts 7:20 , Hebrews 11:23 . asteios to Theo, "beautiful to God" = divinely fair. hid him . This was "by faith" (Hebrews 11:23 ). Therefore she must have "heard. "from God (Romans 10:17 and Hebrews 11:7 ), or it would have been through affection or fancy. All the steps taken... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:3

ark. Compare Genesis 6:14 . bulrushes = papyrus, made by the same Divine in. structions as Noah's (Romans 10:17 ). flags = reeds. Compare Isaiah 18:2 . read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:4

sister = Miriam. to wit = to know. read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:6

the babe wept. Hebrew a babe weeping. compassion. In that tear lay the defeat of the enemy, the preservation of the Nation, the faithfulness of Jehovah's word, the bringing to naught "the wisdom of Egypt", and the coming of "the seed of the woman", Genesis 3:15 . Compare Exodus 1:10 and Job 5:12 , Job 5:13 . (See App-23 .) read more

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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:10

her son = as her son. Moses , probably Egyptian water-saved, or Hebrew drawn out of the water. No record of his Hebrew name. 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:3-4

"And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to hint""And when she could no longer hide him ..." There is no use to ask "why" hiding the child soon became impossible. The lusty lungs of a three-months old boy would certainly have revealed him; and, besides that, as Fields quaintly put it,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:5-6

"And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river-side; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.""Daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe ..." This action does not conform to the behavior of royal daughters in modern times, but it was indeed an event common enough in... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:7-9

"Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother. And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it."Some scholars like to point out what they call resemblances between this Biblical event and other stories of... read more

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

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

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:4

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 2:10

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:3-4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:5-6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 2:7-9

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