Exodus 1:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: ”

Exodus 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrew midwifes - Or “midwives of the Hebrew women.” This measure at once attested the inefficacy of the former measures, and was the direct cause of the event which issued in the deliverance of...
Exodus 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [was] (f) Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: (f) These seem to have been the main of the rest.
Exodus 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:15-22 E ( Exodus 1:20 b J). Attempt to Destroy Male Children. From another source we learn of two more ineffectual measures to restrict population. The two midwives, whose names tr...
Exodus 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. And the king of Egypt spake. The tyrant now descends from the open violence and cruelty which had availed nothing, to secret plots and deceit. He desires the infants to be killed at thei...
Exodus 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: Hebrew midwives - Shiphrah and Puah, who are here mentioned, were prob...
Exodus 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the king of Egypt, &c.— Pharaoh finding, by the experience of at least ten years, that neither the hardships he laid upon the Hebrews, nor all the cruelties which his officers and people us...
Exodus 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: The king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives. It appears from...
Exodus 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The Hebrew midwives. — Or the midwives of the Hebrew women (ταῖς μαίαις τῶν Έβραίων, LXX.). The Hebrew construction admits of either rendering. In favour of the midwives being Egyptians is the co...
Exodus 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Protects Hebrew Babes from Pharaoh's Decree Exodus 1:15-22 Egypt's second stroke of policy was to begin with the children. Pharaoh and Herod set us an example in turning their attention t...
Exodus 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! This subject considered spiritually is very interesting. The enemy would destroy as soon as born everyone of the spiritual seed of Christ, as Herod thought to have done Christ himself. Matth...
Exodus 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives ,.... It is difficult to say who these midwives were, whether Egyptian or Hebrew women. Josephus is of opinion that they were Egyptians, and indeed...
Exodus 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [was] Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: Ver. 15. To the Hebrew midwives. ] In Egypt and Greece the midwives...
Exodus 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king spake to the Hebrew midwives The two chief of them. They are called Hebrew midwives, probably not because they were themselves Hebrews; for sure Pharaoh could never expect they should be s...
Exodus 1:15 - 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 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the...
Exodus 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Hebrew midwives; such as not only were employed about the Hebrew women, but were Hebrews themselves, not Egyptians, as some suppose; as may appear, 1. Because they are expressly called, not...
Exodus 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Pharaoh Seeks To Destroy Israel Through Its Midwives ( Exodus 1:15-22 ). a The king of Egypt calls on the Hebrew midwives who are told at births to slay sons and let the daughters live ( Exodus...
Exodus 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 1:15 . Hebrew midwives] It is curious, though it may not throw light on the precise relation in which these women stood to the Hebrew women, that their names should be of...
Exodus 1:15 - 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 1:15 - 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 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Exodus 1:15-2 Some time—say five or six years—having elapsed and the Pharaoh's first plan having manifestly failed, it was necessary for him either to give up his purpose, or to...
Exodus 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah, their names being recorded to their lasting honor;
Exodus 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And the king spake to the Hebrew midwives — The two chief of them. They are called Hebrew midwives, probably not because they were themselves Hebrews; for sure Pharaoh could never expect they shoul...

Exodus 1:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 1:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 1:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 1:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 1:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 1:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 1:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 1:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 1:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 1:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 1:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes