Exo 1:6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. Ver. 6. And all that generation, ] Ea enim lege nati sumus ut moriamur: God also maketh haste to have the number of his elect fulfilled; and, therefore, despatcheth away the generations. read more
Exo 1:7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. Ver. 7. Increased abundantly. ] Heb., Spawned, and bred swiftly, as fishes. Trogus author a firmat in Aegypto septenos uno utero simul gigni. Egypt is a fruitful country: it is ordinary there, saith Trogus, to have seven children at a birth. Solinus gives the reason, quod faetifero potu Nilus, non tantum terrarum, sed etiam hominum... read more
Exo 1:8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. Ver. 8. A new king. ] Called Busiris, a most savage tyrant, as heathen histories report him. Who knew not. ] Nothing sooner perisheth than the remembrance of a good turn. The Egyptians are renowned in histories for a thankful people; but it ill appeared in their dealing here with Joseph; who, had he now been alive, might well have said to them, as Themistocles once did to his Athenians, Are ye weary of receiving so many... read more
Exo 1:9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we: Ver. 9. More and mightier. ] He speaks as if he had looked through a multiplying glass. See Trapp on " Gen 31:1 " read more
Exo 1:10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] get them up out of the land. Ver. 10. Come on, let us deal wisely. ] So as the world’s wizards use to do: but God taketh - δρασσομενος - these foxes in their own craft. 1Co 3:19 Your labouring men have the most and lustiest children. Every "oppressor" is a fool. Pro 28:16 Lest, when there falleth out any... read more
Exo 1:11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. Ver. 11. To afflict them. ] Because they would not "serve God with gladness of heart." Deu 28:47-48 For now they began to go awhoring after the idols of Egypt. Ezekiel 23:8 ; Ezekiel 20:5 ; Eze 20:7-8 And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities. ] They built also those famous pyramids, as some think, a of which it is reported, that for... read more
Exo 1:12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. Ver. 12. The more they multiplied. ] As the ground is most fruitful that is most harrowed; and as the walnut tree bears best when most beaten. Fish thrive better in cold and salt waters, than in warm and fresh. And they were grieved. ] Or, irked, as Moab likewise was because of Israel: they did fret and vex at them. Num 22:3-4 Yet they wero allied, and passed... read more
Exo 1:13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: Ver. 13. To serve with rigour. ] Heb. ( בפרך ), With fierceness: a so thinking to cow out their spirits, and to exanimate them. So deals the Turk with the Christians. a Quidam cam ferocia voce latina conferunt. read more
Exo 1:14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, [was] with rigour. Ver. 14. Bitter with hard bondage. ] Did we but live a while, saith one, a in Turkey, Persia, yea, or but in France, a dram of that liberty we yet enjoy would be as precious to us as a drop of cold water would have been to the rich man in hell, when he was so grievously tormented in those flames. a... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 1:5
Exo 1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already]. Ver. 5. And all the souls. ] That is, persons; for souls are not begotten, but infused, being divinae particulae aurae. Ecc 12:7 Aristotle himself saw and acknowledged as much. a Were seventy souls. ] More worth than the seventy nations of the whole world, say the Jews: God reckons of men by their righteousness. a λειπεται, τον νουν μονον θυραθεν επειστεναι και θειον ειναι .... read more