Exodus 1:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: ”

Exodus 1:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:8-12 J, Exodus 1:13 P, Exodus 1:14 a ( to field ) J, Exodus 1:14 b P. Repression of Israel. Forced labour was the first device for checking Hebrew increase. The new king is...
Exodus 1:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. And he said unto his people. That is to say, in a public assembly, such as kings are wont to hold for consultation on public affairs. As if Moses had said that this point was proposed by...
Exodus 1:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: He said unto his people - He probably summoned a council of his nobles and elders to conside...
Exodus 1:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He said unto his people, &c.— i.e. to his council, composed of the principal people of his land. We must either understand the king here in an hyperbolical sense, or as uttering the language of...
Exodus 1:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. Let the He...
Exodus 1:9 - 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 1:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He said unto his people. — It is not intended to represent the Egyptian monarch as summoning a popular assembly, and addressing it. “His people.” Is antithetical to “the people of the children of I...
Exodus 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is it not worthy remark, that the enmity of the world against the people of God, however variously manifested, is always the same. Reader! do not lose sight of what God said at the fall: I will put e...
Exodus 1:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said unto his people ,.... His princes, nobles, and courtiers about him, his principal ministers of state: behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we : which...
Exodus 1:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel [are] more and mightier than we: Ver. 9. More and mightier. ] He speaks as if he had looked through a multiplying glass....
Exodus 1:9 - 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 1:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on,...
Exodus 1:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This was not a true, but an invidious representation and aggravation of the matter, the better to justify the sororities which he designed.
Exodus 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - 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 1:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Pharaoh Plans to Curb the Growth
Exodus 1:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the people. Numbers 22:4 Numbers 22:5 Job 5:2 Psalms 105:24 Psalms 105:25 Proverbs 14:28 Proverbs 27:4 Ecclesiastes 4:4 Titus 3:3 James 3:14-16 James 4:5
Exodus 1:9 - 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 1:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 1:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 1:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 1:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 1:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 1:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 1:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 1:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 1:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 1:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 1:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 1:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 1:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 1:9 - Wells of Living Water Commentary