Exodus 1:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. ”

Exodus 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In no province does the population increase so rapidly as in that which was occupied by the Israelites. See the note at Genesis 47:6 . At present it has more flocks and herds than any province in...
Exodus 1:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the (b) land was filled with them. (b) He means the country of Goshen.
Exodus 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. And the children of Israel were fruitful. (8) To what an extent they increased Moses relates in the 12th chapter, viz., to the number of 600,000, besides women and children; which was ce...
Exodus 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. The children of Israel were fruitful - פרו paru, a g...
Exodus 1:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The children of Israel were fruitful, &c.— A variety of terms, nearly synonimous, are used in this verse, to express the prodigious increase of the children of Israel; with whom, says the sac...
Exodus 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. The children of Israel. The ethnic name of t...
Exodus 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The children of Israel were fruitful. — A great multiplication is evidently intended. Egypt was a particularly healthy country, and both men and animals were abnormally prolific there. Grain was...
Exodus 1:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

GOD IN HISTORY . Exodus 1:7 . With the seventh verse, the new narrative, the course of events treated in the main body of this book, begins. And we are at once conscious of this vital difference...
Exodus 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 7:17 . It is worth the reader's serious remark, that the first half of the period of 430 years from Abraham's days when God promised the increase of his children, had produced only 70 souls. Wh...
Exodus 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the children of Israel were fruitful ,.... In their offspring; became like fruitful trees, as the word signifies: and increased abundantly ; like creeping things, or rather like fishes, which...
Exodus 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. Ver. 7. Increased abundantly. ] Heb., Spawned, an...
Exodus 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly Like fishes or insects, as one of the words here used signifies, and being generally healthful and strong, they waxed exceeding m...
Exodus 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Israelites Oppressed in Egypt. B. C. 1588. 1 Now these are the names of the childr...
Exodus 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Here are many words, and some very emphatical, to express their incredible multiplication. They waxed exceeding mighty ; which may relate either to their numbers, which greatly added to their streng...
Exodus 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - 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 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Rapid Growth of the People
Exodus 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

fruitful. Exodus 12:37 Genesis 1:20 Genesis 1:28 Genesis 9:1 Genesis 12:2 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 15:5 Genesis 17:4-6 Genesis 17:16 Genesis 22:17 Genesis 26:4 Genesis 28:3 Gene...
Exodus 1:7 - 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 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly — Like fishes or insects, so that they multiplied; and being generally healthful and strong, they waxed exceeding mighty, so that...

Exodus 1:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 1:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 1:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 1:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 1:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 1:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 1:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 1:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 1:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 1:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 1:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 1:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 1:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes