Exodus 1:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. ”

Exodus 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And (e) they were grieved because of the children of Israel. (e) The more God blesses his own, the more the wicked envy them.
Exodus 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:8-12 J, Exodus 1:13 P, Exodus 1:14 a ( to field ) J, Exodus 1:14 b P. Repression of Israel. Forced labour was the first device for checking Hebrew increase. The new king is...
Exodus 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. But the more. Moses relates the contest between the mercy of God and the cruelty of the king of Egypt. When, therefore, the wretched Israelites were tyrannically afflicted, he says that...
Exodus 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. But the more they afflicted them - The margin has pretty nearly preserved...
Exodus 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The more they afflicted them, &c.— The expression in the original is more energetic than any of the preceding in Exodus 1:7 . יפרצ iprotz, rendered grew, signifies, properly, to break for...
Exodus 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Exodus 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Oppression of the Israelites 5. Seventy souls] Jacob himself is included in the number: cp. Genesis 46:8-27 . Of the seventy, sixty-eight were males. If to the direct descendants of Jacob we add...
Exodus 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. — This result was not natural. It can only be ascribed to God’s superintending Providence, whereby “the fierceness of man” was made...
Exodus 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE OPPRESSION. Exodus 1:7-22 . At the beginning of the history of Israel we find a prosperous race. It was indeed their growing importance, and chiefly their vast numerical increase, which exci...
Exodus 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Children of Israel Afflicted Exodus 1:1-14 The buried seed began to bear an abundant harvest, notwithstanding the efforts of Pharaoh and his people. The kings of the earth take counsel toge...
Exodus 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first word of Exodus, "Now," might with equal accuracy be rendered "And." Either word serves to suggest continuity. The story of Genesis is taken up in Exodus. It begins by recording the prolific...
Exodus 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a blessed evidence this is of God's love to his people. And depend upon it, it is the same now! Every persecution, every scoff, every sneer of the infidel shall be blessed. And there is not a pa...
Exodus 1:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

GROWTH UNDER THE KNIFE ‘The more they multiplied and grew.’ Exodus 1:12 I. The intention of issuing new orders and decrees from time to time was that the spirit of the Israelites might be b...
Exodus 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew ,.... Became more numerous, "and broke out" b, as it may be rendered, like water which breaks out and spreads itself; so the Israe...
Exodus 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 th...
Exodus 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The more they multiplied To the grief and vexation of the Egyptians. The original expression, rendered grew , is very emphatical, יפרצ jiphrots. They broke forth and expanded themselves with...
Exodus 1:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISRAEL MULTIPLIED (vs.1-7) The first five verses of Exodus indicate its continuity with the book of Genesis, for they confirm what is written in more detail in Genesis 46:8-27 . This small numbe...
Exodus 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on,...
Exodus 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They multiplied, through God's overruling providence and singular blessing, which God gave them purposely to hasten first their sorer affliction, and next, and by that means, their glorious deliver...
Exodus 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The People Multiply And Are Put To Hard Labour ( Exodus 1:6-12 ). The careful patterning continues: a Joseph dies and all his generation ( Exodus 1:6 ). b The children of Israel are fruitful a...
Exodus 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 1:11 . Pithom] P. = “a narrow place:” a city of Lower Egypt, situated on the eastern bank of the Nile: Gr. Patoumos (Gosenius). Raamses ] Prob. = “son of the sun:” “sho...
Exodus 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:1 . The children of Israel. Some think we should read here, the sons of Israel. Paul, Galatians 4:3 ; Galatians 4:5 , makes a distinction between children and sons, in the words νηπιοι...
Exodus 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

The children of Israel were fruitful The increase of the Church I. Notwithstanding the removal of its chief officer ( Exodus 1:6 ). Joseph dead; his influence gone; his counsel inaccessible. T...
Exodus 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 1:7-2 Here the real narrative of Exodus begins. The history of the Israelites from and after the death of Joseph is entered on. The first point touched is their rapid mul...
Exodus 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Pharaoh Plans to Curb the Growth
Exodus 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

but the more. Heb. and as they afflicted them, so they Psalms 105:24 Proverbs 21:30 Romans 8:28 Hebrews 12:6-11 grieved. Exodus 1:9 Job 5:2 Proverbs 27:4 John 12:19 Acts 4:2-4 Acts...
Exodus 1:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Birth and Youth of Moses Exodus 1:1-14 , Exodus 1:22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction, we wish to discuss the meaning of the word, "Exodus." The first Book of the Bible is Ge...
Exodus 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied — To the grief and vexation of the Egyptians. Times of affliction, have oft been the church's growing times: Christianity spread most when...

Exodus 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 1:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 1:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes