Exodus 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all the souls that came out of the loinsa of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. ”

Exodus 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seventy - See Genesis 46:27 . The object of the writer in this introductory statement is to give a complete list of the heads of separate families at the time of their settlement in Egypt. See t...
Exodus 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:1 to Exodus 12:36 . Israel in Egypt: I. Increase and Oppression. Exodus 1:1-5 P, Exodus 1:6 J, Exodus 1:7 P. The Sons of Israel. The transition from the fortunes of a family, suc...
Exodus 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already .
Exodus 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Were seventy souls— (See Genesis 20:18 .) Seventy souls, with Joseph, who was in Egypt already.
Exodus 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, No JFB commentary on these verses.
Exodus 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All the souls... were seventy souls. Comp. Genesis 46:8-27 . The number is made up as follows: — Jacob himself, 1; his sons, 12; his daughter, Dinah, 1; his grandsons, 51; his grand-daughter Serah...
Exodus 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I. THE PROLOGUE. Exodus 1:1-6 . "And these are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt." Many books of the Old Testament begin with the conjunction And. This fact,...
Exodus 1:5 - 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 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Holy Ghost is particular in several parts of his sacred word, to mention by name the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel: and the precise number of souls arising from that stock, which went down...
Exodus 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls ,.... "Souls" are put for persons; of the number seventy, and how reckoned, Genesis 46:27 . This was but a small number that...
Exodus 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already]. Ver. 5. And all the souls. ] That is, persons; for souls are not begotten, but infused,...
Exodus 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seventy souls Or persons, according to the computation we had, Genesis 46:27 , including Joseph and his two sons. This was just the number of the nations by which the earth was peopled, ( Genesis...
Exodus 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites Oppressed in Egypt. B. C. 1588. 1 Now these are the names of the childr...
Exodus 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seventy souls, including Jacob and Joseph, and his two sons. See Genesis 46:26,27 Deu 10:22 . Or if they were but sixty-nine, they are called seventy by a round number, of which we shall have ma...
Exodus 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Growth of the People of Israel ( Exodus 1:1-5 ). Note the balanced pattern of the section. a The names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt ( Exodus 1:1 a) b Every man and his househ...
Exodus 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ISRAEL OPPRESSED IN EGYPT CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 1:1 . With Jacob.] These words are strongly emphatic in the orig. “WITH JACOB EACH MAN AND HIS HOUSE came in.” Thus at a single stroke—the who...
Exodus 1:5 - 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 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

The children of Israel which came into Egypt. Israel in Egypt I. A retrospective view. 1. These verses lead us back to the time when Jacob came with his family to Egypt. (1) . It was a t...
Exodus 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

THE OPPRESSION OF ISRAEL IN EGYPT , WITH THE BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE OF MOSES . EXPOSITION Exodus 1:1-2 The Book of Exodus, being written in continuation of the hist...
Exodus 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Rapid Growth of the People
Exodus 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

loins. Heb. thigh. Genesis 46:26 Judges 8:30 seventy. Exodus 1:20 Genesis 46:26 Genesis 46:27 Deuteronomy 10:22
Exodus 1:5 - 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 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Seventy souls — According to the computation we had, Genesis 46:27 , including Joseph and his two sons. This was just the number of the nations by which the earth was peopled, Genesis 10:1-32 , f...

Exodus 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 1:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes