Exodus 1:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. ”

Exodus 1:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The extreme cruelty of the measure does not involve improbability. Hatred of strangers was always a characteristic of the Egyptians (see Genesis 43:32 ), and was likely to be stronger than ever af...
Exodus 1:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall (i) cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. (i) When tyrants cannot prevail by deceit, they burst int...
Exodus 1:22 - 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 1:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

born . Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, and Vulgate add "to the Hebrews. " save alive . suffer to live.
Exodus 1:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. And Pharaoh charged. If he had not been transported with wrath and struck with blindness, he would have seen that the hand of God was against him; but when the reprobate are driven to ma...
Exodus 1:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. Ye shall cast into the river - As the Nile, which is here inte...
Exodus 1:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Pharaoh charged all his people— This was, most probably, enjoined under severe penalties; and that, as it appears from the next chapter, not only upon the Egyptians, who were to see the order execu...
Exodus 1:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. Pharaoh charged all his people - most probably the ord...
Exodus 1:22 - 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 1:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Every son that is born. — The LXX. add “to the Hebrews,” but without any necessity, since the context shows that only Hebrew children are meant. Ye shall cast into the river. — Infanticide, so s...
Exodus 1:22 - 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 1:22 - 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 1:22 - 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 1:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Such in all ages hath been the malice of the world against the faithful. See Daniel 7:23 REFLECTIONS WHAT a decided character is here drawn between the men of the world and the saints of God. And...
Exodus 1:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Pharaoh charged all his people ,.... Finding he could not carry his point with the midwives, he gave a general order to all his people everywhere: saying, every son that is born ye shall cast...
Exodus 1:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. Ver. 22. And Pharaoh charged. ] Imperio non tam duro qua...
Exodus 1:22 - 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 1:22 - 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 1:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1573 No text from Poole on this verse.
Exodus 1:22 - 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 1:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 1:22 THE LAST EDICT OF A TYRANT KING I. It was public in its proclamation. 1. How men advance from one degree of sin to another . The last murdero...
Exodus 1:22 - 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 1:22 - 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 1:22 - 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 1:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Command to Kill all the Male Children
Exodus 1:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2431. B.C. 1573. Every son. Exodus 1:16 Exodus 7:19-21 Psalms 105:25 Proverbs 1:16 Proverbs 4:16 Proverbs 27:4 Acts 7:19 Revelation 16:4-6
Exodus 1:22 - 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 1:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 1:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 1:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 1:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 1:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 1:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 1:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 1:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 1:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 1:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 1:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 1:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 1:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary