Exodus 2:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. ”

Exodus 2:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bare a son - Not her firstborn; Aaron and Miriam were older than Moses. The object of the writer is simply to narrate the events which led to the Exodus, and he mentions nothing that had no direc...
Exodus 2:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 2:1 to Exodus 4:31 . Preparation and Call of Moses. Exodus 2:1-10 E. His Birth and Upbringing. If the text can be trusted, we are informed that a man of the house of Levi took (to wif...
Exodus 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a son. Moses was the seventh from Abraham, Abraham the seventh from Heber, Enoch the seventh from Adam. Miriam already born ( Exodus 2:4 ; Numbers 26:59 ). Also Aaron ( Exodus 7:7 ). goodly . He...
Exodus 2:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. And when she saw that he was a goodly child. There is no doubt but that God had adorned him with this beauty, in order the more to influence his parents to preserve him; as it sometimes h...
Exodus 2:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child , she hid him three months. Bare a son - This certainly was not her first child, for Aaron was fourscore an...
Exodus 2:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A goodly child— Fair to GOD, αστειος τω Θεω, as St. Stephen calls him, Acts 7:20 . And prophane authors agree with the sacred writers with respect to the peculiar beauty of this infant. The Jews...
Exodus 2:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. The woman ... bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child ....
Exodus 2:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Birth and Early Life of Moses 1. The names of the father and mother of Moses were Amram and Jochebed respectively (see Exodus 6:20 ). Two children were born to them before Moses. The oldest was a...
Exodus 2:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When she saw him that he was a goodly child. — St. Stephen says, that Moses was” comely before God” — ἀστεῖος τῷ θεῷ ( Acts 7:20 ). Trogus Pompeius spoke of him as recommended by the beauty of his...
Exodus 2:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II. THE RESCUE OF MOSES. Exodus 2:1-10 . We have said that the Old Testament history teems with political wisdom, lessons of permanent instruction for mankind, on the level of this l...
Exodus 2:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Moses Preserved by Pharaoh's Daughter Exodus 2:1-10 When matters had reached their worst in respect to Israel's condition, God was preparing a deliverer. The child was more than ordinarily beau...
Exodus 2:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the story of Moses. When Pharaoh was beginning to take active steps to oppress the people, God brought to birth the man who was to break Egypt's power. A mother's love is seen scheming fo...
Exodus 2:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I would have the Reader remark concerning the fairness of Moses: that though Moses had this outward attraction to recommend him: yet of Jesus, the Son of God, it is said, he had no form nor comelines...
Exodus 2:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the woman conceived, and bare a son ,.... Which was not her first child, nor indeed her first son, for she had both Aaron and Miriam before this: this son, which was Moses, was born, as the Jews...
Exodus 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he [was a] goodly [child], she hid him three months. Ver. 2. A goodly child. ] "Fair to God" a Act 7:20 See the note there. Art...
Exodus 2:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bare a son It seems just at the time of his birth that cruel law was made for the murder of all the male children of the Hebrews, and many no doubt perished by the execution of it. Moses's parents...
Exodus 2:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BIRTH AND PROTECTION OF MOSES (vs.1-10) God's hand of overruling power and grace is seen beautifully in this chapter. There is nothing spectacular, but an incident takes place that would be n...
Exodus 2:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Birth of Moses. B. C. 1571. 1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took t...
Exodus 2:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1571 No text from Poole on this verse.
Exodus 2:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Birth of Moses ( Exodus 2:1-10 ). It is noteworthy that out of this dreadful period God produced his man for that hour. For in the midst of the bloodbath and the despair a child was born, who...
Exodus 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 2:3 . Bulrushes] The well-known Eg . papyrus or paper-reed . Exodus 2:4 . Stood ] “Stationed herself.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 2:1-4 THE BIR...
Exodus 2:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

son Moses, type of Christ the Deliverer ( Isaiah 61:1 ); ( Luke 4:18 ); ( 2 Corinthians 1:10 ); ( 1 Thessalonians 1:10 ). (1) A divinely chosen deliverer ( Exodus 3:7-10 ); ( Acts 7:25 ); (...
Exodus 2:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 2:1 . Took to wife. Amram married Jochebed, his father's sister, as in Exodus 6:20 ; that is, as the scriptures often afford example, his father's relation. But doubts may be entertained o...
Exodus 2:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

An ark of bulrushes. The Birth of Moses I. As occurring of noble parentage. 1. They were of moderate social position. 2. They were of strong parental affection. 3. They were of good re...
Exodus 2:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION. Exodus 2:1-2 . THE BIRTH, ESCAPE, AND EDUCATION OF MOSES . Some years before the Pharaoh issued his edict for the general destruction of the Hebrew male children, Amram of the tri...
Exodus 2:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The birth of Moses
Exodus 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2433. B.C. 1571. she saw. Psalms 112:5 Acts 7:20 Hebrews 11:23
Exodus 2:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Child Moses Exodus 2:1-10 INTRODUCTORY WORDS "God works in a mysterious way His wonders to perform." As this study opens, we find the Children of Israel in dire distress because of the rig...
Exodus 2:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bare a son — It seems just at the time of his birth that cruel law was made for the murder of all the male — children of the Hebrews, and many no doubt perished by the execution of it. Moses's pare...

Exodus 2:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 2:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Exodus 2:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 2:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 2:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 2:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 2:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 2:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 2:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Exodus 2:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 2:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 2:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 2:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exodus 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 2:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Exodus 2:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes