Chapter 1:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Genesis Leviticus
Exodus 1
Concise Complete
The children of Israel increase in Egypt after the death
of Joseph. (8-14) They are oppressed, but multiply exceedingly. (1-7) The
men-children destroyed. (15-22)
Verses 1-7 During
more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived at liberty, the
Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons went down into Egypt.
There, in about the same number of years, though under cruel bondage, they
became a large nation. This wonderful increase was according to the promise long
before made unto the fathers. Though the performance of God's promises is
sometimes slow, it is always sure.
Verses 8-14 The
land of Egypt became to Israel a house of bondage. The place where we have been
happy, may soon become the place of our affliction; and that may prove the
greatest cross to us, of which we said, This same shall comfort us. Cease from
man, and say not of any place on this side heaven, This is my rest. All that
knew Joseph, loved him, and were kind to his brethren for his sake; but the best
and most useful services a man does to others, are soon forgotten after his
death. Our great care should be, to serve God, and to please him who is not
unrighteous, whatever men are, to forget our work and labour of love. The
offence of Israel is, that he prospers. There is no sight more hateful to a
wicked man than the prosperity of the righteous. The Egyptians feared lest the
children of Israel should join their enemies, and get them up out of the land.
Wickedness is ever cowardly and unjust; it makes a man fear, where no fear is,
and flee, when no one pursues him. And human wisdom often is foolishness, and
very sinful. God's people had task-masters set over them, not only to burden
them, but to afflict them with their burdens. They not only made them serve for
Pharaoh's profit, but so that their lives became bitter. The Israelites
wonderfully increased. Christianity spread most when it was persecuted: the
blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church. They that take counsel against
the Lord and his Israel, do but imagine a vain thing, and create greater
vexation to themselves.
Verses 15-22 The
Egyptians tried to destroy Israel by the murder of their children. The enmity
that is in the seed of the serpent, against the Seed of the woman, makes men
forget all pity. It is plain that the Hebrews were now under an uncommon
blessing. And we see that the services done for God's Israel are often repaid in
kind. Pharaoh gave orders to drown all the male children of the Hebrews. The
enemy who, by Pharaoh, attempted to destroy the church in this its infant state,
is busy to stifle the rise of serious reflections in the heart of man. Let those
who would escape, be afraid of sinning, and cry directly and fervently to the
Lord for assistance.
Chapter 1:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Genesis Leviticus
Genesis
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