Exodus 1:21

houses. families. or progeny. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject). App-6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Made them houses - i. e. they married Hebrews and became mothers in Israel. The expression is proverbial. See the margin reference.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he (h) made them houses. (h) That is, God increased the families of the Israelites by the...
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 res...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. He made them houses. (23) It is not at all my opinion that this should be expounded as referring to the women, and I am surprised that...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. He made them houses - Dr. Shuckford thinks that there is something wr...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He made them houses— He made them families, i.e . in the obvious sense of the words, he recompensed their piety, virtue, and courage, by making th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. Therefore God dealt well with the midwives ......
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 ma...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Made them houses ] i.e. blessed them with marriage and many descendants: cp. Ruth 4:11 ; 2 Samuel 7:27 ; 1 Kings 11:38 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He made them houses. — God rewarded those who had showed tenderness to young children, by giving them children of their own, who grew up, and becam...
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...
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 He...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Some have thought that the houses here spoken of, which God is said to have built for them, means that they were incorporated and built up in the fai...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God ,.... And regarded his command, and not that of the king, though they risked his displeasure, a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. Ver. 21. Because the midwives feared God. ] There is no necessit...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

God dealt well with the midwives he made them houses He blessed them in kind: for as they kept up Israel's houses or families, so God, in recompen...
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...
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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. God greatly increased their families both in children and posterity, and in wealth, and other outward blessings. So this phrase is used Genesi...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 1:15 . Hebrew midwives] It is curious, though it may not throw light on the precise relation in which these women stood t...
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 distincti...
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 dea...
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 neces...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Command to Kill all the Male Children
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses. He blessed them with abundant prosperity.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

made them. 1 Samuel 2:35 1 Samuel 25:28 2 Samuel 7:11-13 2 Samuel 7:27-29 1 Kings 2:24 1 Kings 11:38 Psalms 37:3 Psalms 127:1 Psalms...

²¹ And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 1:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 1:21