Exodus 1:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. ”

Exodus 1:17 - 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 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

God . Hebrew. Eth ha-'Elohim, very emphatic for the true or triune God. as . according as. saved . suffered.... to live.
Exodus 1:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. But the midwives feared God. Moses does not mean that they were then first affected with the fear of God; but he assigns this reason why they did not obey his unjust command, viz., becau...
Exodus 1:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. The midwives feared God - Because they knew that God had forbidden murder of every kind...
Exodus 1:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. The midwives feared God ... Their faith inspired them with such courage as t...
Exodus 1:17 - 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 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The midwives feared God. — The midwives, whether Hebrews or Egyptians, believed in a God who would punish wrong-doing, and therefore resolved not to obey the Pharaoh.
Exodus 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is it not a mark of grace in these women? Proverbs 1:7 . And was it not similar to the faith of Rahab? Hebrews 11:31 .
Exodus 1:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the midwives feared God ,.... And therefore durst not take away the life of an human creature, which was contrary to the express law of God, Genesis 9:6 : and did not as the king of Egypt com...
Exodus 1:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. Ver. 17. And did not as the king, &c. ] Wherein they did no more, though out of...
Exodus 1:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The stools Seats used on that occasion. But the midwives feared God Dreaded his wrath more than Pharaoh's, and therefore saved the men-children alive. The Hebrew women are lively We have no rea...
Exodus 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1635 They feared God more than the king, and therefore chose to obey God rather than the king, their commands being contrary each to other.
Exodus 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

feared ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 19:9 ).
Exodus 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - 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 1:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Command to Kill all the Male Children
Exodus 1:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

feared God. Genesis 20:11 Genesis 42:18 Nehemiah 5:15 Psalms 31:19 Proverbs 8:13 Proverbs 16:6 Proverbs 24:11 Proverbs 24:12 Ecclesiastes 8:12 Ecclesiastes 12:13 Daniel 3:16-18...
Exodus 1:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But the midwives feared God — Dreaded his wrath more than Pharaoh's, and therefore saved the men — children alive.

Exodus 1:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 1:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 1:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 1:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 1:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 1:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 1:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 1:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 1:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

Exodus 1:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 1:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 1:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 1:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 1:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes