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Selected Verse: Exodus 2:11 - Strong Concordance
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Ex 2:11 |
Strong Concordance |
And it came to pass in those days [03117], when Moses [04872] was grown [01431], that he went out [03318] unto his brethren [0251], and looked [07200] on their burdens [05450]: and he spied [07200] an Egyptian [04713] [0376] smiting [05221] an Hebrew [05680], one of his brethren [0251]. |
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King James |
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
HIS SYMPATHY WITH THE HEBREWS. (Exo 2:11-25)
in those days, when Moses was grown--not in age and stature only, but in power as well as in renown for accomplishments and military prowess (Act 7:22). There is a gap here in the sacred history which, however, is supplied by the inspired commentary of Paul, who has fully detailed the reasons as well as extent of the change that took place in his worldly condition; and whether, as some say, his royal mother had proposed to make him coregent and successor to the crown, or some other circumstances, led to a declaration of his mind, he determined to renounce the palace and identify himself with the suffering people of God (Heb 11:24-29). The descent of some great sovereigns, like Diocletian and Charles V, from a throne into private life, is nothing to the sacrifice which Moses made through the power of faith.
he went out unto his brethren--to make a full and systematic inspection of their condition in the various parts of the country where they were dispersed (Act 7:23), and he adopted this proceeding in pursuance of the patriotic purpose that the faith, which is of the operation of God, was even then forming in his heart.
he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew--one of the taskmasters scourging a Hebrew slave without any just cause (Act 7:24), and in so cruel a manner, that he seems to have died under the barbarous treatment--for the conditions of the sacred story imply such a fatal issue. The sight was new and strange to him, and though pre-eminent for meekness (Num 12:3), he was fired with indignation. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Went out unto his brethren - At the end of 40 years. The Egyptian princess had not concealed from him the fact of his belonging to the oppressed race, nor is it likely that she had debarred him from contact with his foster-mother and her family, whether or not she became aware of the true relationship.
An Egyptian - This man was probably one of the overseers of the workmen, natives under the chief superintendent Exo 1:11. They were armed with long heavy scourges, made of a tough pliant wood imported from Syria. |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Flight of Moses from Egypt to Midian. - The education of Moses at the Egyptian court could not extinguish the feeling that he belonged to the people of Israel. Our history does not inform us how this feeling, which was inherited from his parents and nourished in him when an infant by his mother's milk, was fostered still further after he had been handed over to Pharaoh's daughter, and grew into a firm, decided consciousness of will. All that is related is, how this consciousness broke forth at length in the full-grown man, in the slaying of the Egyptian who had injured a Hebrew (Exo 2:11, Exo 2:12), and in the attempt to reconcile two Hebrew men who were quarrelling (Exo 2:13, Exo 2:14). Both of these occurred "in those days," i.e., in the time of the Egyptian oppression, when Moses had become great (יגדּל as in Gen 21:20), i.e., had grown to be a man. According to tradition he was then forty years old (Act 7:23). What impelled him to this was not "a carnal ambition and longing for action," or a desire to attract the attention of his brethren, but fiery love to his brethren or fellow-countrymen, as is shown in the expression, "One of his brethren" (Exo 2:11), and deep sympathy with them in their oppression and sufferings; whilst, at the same time, they undoubtedly displayed the fire of his impetuous nature, and the ground-work for his future calling. It was from this point of view that Stephen cited these facts (Act 7:25-26), for the purpose of proving to the Jews of his own age, that they had been from time immemorial "stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears" (Act 7:51). And this view is the correct one. Not only did Moses intend to help his brethren when he thus appeared among them, but this forcible interference on behalf of his brethren could and should have aroused the thought in their minds, that God would send them salvation through him. "But they understood not" (Act 7:25). At the same time Moses thereby declared that he would no longer "be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; and chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt" (Heb 11:24-26; see Delitzsch in loc.). And this had its roots in faith (πίστει). But his conduct presents another aspect also, which equally demands consideration. His zeal for the welfare of his brethren urged him forward to present himself as the umpire and judge of his brethren before God had called him to this, and drove him to the crime of murder, which cannot be excused as resulting from a sudden ebullition of wrath.
(Note: The judgment of Augustine is really the true one. Thus, in his c. Faustum Manich. l. 22, c. 70, he says, "I affirm, that the man, though criminal and really the offender, ought not to have been put to death by one who had no legal authority to do so. But minds that are capable of virtues often produce vices also, and show thereby for what virtue they would have been best adapted, if they had but been properly trained. For just as farmers, when they see large herbs, however useless, at once conclude that the land is good for growing corn, so that very impulse of the mind which led Moses to avenge his brother when suffering wrong from a native, without regard to legal forms, was not unfitted to produce the fruits of virtue, but, though hitherto uncultivated, was at least a sign of great fertility." Augustine then compares this deed to that of Peter, when attempting to defend his Lord with a sword (Mat 26:51), and adds, "Both of them broke through the rules of justice, not through any base inhumanity, but through animosity that needed correction: both sinned through their hatred of another's wickedness, and their love, though carnal, in the one case towards a brother, in the other to the Lord. This fault needed pruning or rooting up; but yet so great a heart could be as readily cultivated for bearing virtues, as land for bearing fruit.")
For he acted with evident deliberation. "He looked this way and that way; and when he saw no one, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand" (Exo 2:12). Through his life at the Egyptian court his own natural inclinations had been formed to rule, and they manifested themselves on this occasion in an ungodly way. This was thrown in his teeth by the man "in the wrong" (הרשׁע, Exo 2:13), who was striving with his brother and doing him an injury: "Who made thee a ruler and judge over us" (Exo 2:14)? and so far he was right. The murder of the Egyptian had also become known; and as soon as Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses, who fled into the land of Midian in fear for his life (Exo 2:15). Thus dread of Pharaoh's wrath drove Moses from Egypt into the desert. For all that, it is stated in Heb 11:27, that "by faith (πίστει) Moses forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king." This faith, however, he manifested not by fleeing - his flight was rather a sign of timidity - but by leaving Egypt; in other words, by renouncing his position in Egypt, where he might possibly have softened down the kings' wrath, and perhaps even have brought help and deliverance to his brethren the Hebrews. By the fact that he did not allow such human hopes to lead him to remain in Egypt, and was not afraid to increase the king's anger by his flight, he manifested faith in the invisible One as though he saw Him, commending not only himself, but his oppressed nation, to the care and protection of God (vid., Delitzsch on Heb 11:27).
The situation of the land of Midian, to which Moses fled, cannot be determined with certainty. The Midianites, who were descended from Abraham through Keturah (Gen 25:2, Gen 25:4), had their principal settlements on the eastern side of the Elanitic Gulf, from which they spread northwards into the fields of Moab (Gen 36:35; Num 22:4, Num 22:7; Num 25:6, Num 25:17; Num 31:1.; Jdg 6:1.), and carried on a caravan trade through Canaan to Egypt (Gen 37:28, Gen 37:36; Isa 60:6). On the eastern side of the Elanitic Gulf, and five days' journey from Aela, there stood the town of Madian, the ruins of which are mentioned by Edrisi and Abulfeda, who also speak of a well there, from which Moses watered the flocks of his father-in-law Shoeib (i.e., Jethro). But we are precluded from fixing upon this as the home of Jethro by Exo 3:1, where Moses is said to have come to Horeb, when he drove Jethro's sheep behind the desert. The Midianites on the eastern side of the Elanitic Gulf could not possibly have led their flocks as far as Horeb for pasturage. We must assume, therefore, that one branch of the Midianites, to whom Jethro was priest, had crossed the Elanitic Gulf, and settled in the southern half of the peninsula of Sinai (cf. Exo 3:1). There is nothing improbable in such a supposition. There are several branches of the Towara Arabs occupying the southern portion of Arabia, that have sprung from Hedjas in this way; and even in the most modern times considerable intercourse was carried on between the eastern side of the gulf and the peninsula, whilst there was formerly a ferry between Szytta, Madian, and Nekba. - The words "and he sat down (ויּשׁב, i.e., settled) in the land of Midian, and sat down by the well," are hardly to be understood as simply meaning that "when he was dwelling in Midian, he sat down one day by a well" (Baumg.), but that immediately upon his arrival in Midian, where he intended to dwell or stay, he sat down by the well. The definite article before בּאר points to the well as the only one, or the principal well in that district. Knobel refers to "the well at Sherm;" but at Sherm el Moye (i.e., water-bay) or Sherm el Bir (well-bay) there are "several deep wells finished off with stones," which are "evidently the work of an early age, and have cost great labour" (Burckhardt, Syr. p. 854); so that the expression "the well" would be quite unsuitable. Moreover there is but a very weak support for Knobel's attempt to determine the site of Midian, in the identification of the Μαρανῖται or Μαρανεῖς (of Strabo and Artemidorus) with Madyan. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
When Moses was grown he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens - He looked on their burdens as one that not only pitied them, but was resolved to venture with them, and for them. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
When Moses was grown - Being full forty years of age, as St. Stephen says, Act 7:23, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, i.e., he was excited to it by a Divine inspiration; and seeing one of them suffer wrong, by an Egyptian smiting him, probably one of the task-masters, he avenged him and smote - slew, the Egyptian, supposing that God who had given him commission, had given also his brethren to understand that they were to be delivered by his hand; see Act 7:23-25. Probably the Egyptian killed the Hebrew, and therefore on the Noahic precept Moses was justified in killing him; and he was authorized so to do by the commission which he had received from God, as all succeeding events amply prove. Previously to the mission of Moses to deliver the Israelites, Josephus says, "The Ethiopians having made an irruption into Egypt, and subdued a great part of it, a Divine oracle advised them to employ Moses the Hebrew. On this the king of Egypt made him general of the Egyptian forces; with these he attacked the Ethiopians, defeated and drove them back into their own land, and forced them to take refuge in the city of Saba, where he besieged them. Tharbis, daughter of the Ethiopian king, seeing him, fell desperately in love with him, and promised to give up the city to him on condition that he would take her to wife, to which Moses agreed, and the city was put into the hands of the Egyptians." - Jos. Ant. lib. ii., chap. 9. St. Stephen probably alluded to something of this kind when he said Moses was mighty in deeds as well as words. |
3 (Now the man [0376] Moses [04872] was very [03966] meek [06035] [06035], above all the men [0120] which were upon the face [06440] of the earth [0127].)
24 And [2532] seeing [1492] one [5100] of them suffer wrong [91], he defended [292] him, and [2532] avenged [1557] [4160] him that was oppressed [2669], and smote [3960] the Egyptian [124]:
23 And [1161] when [5613] he [846] was full [4137] forty years [5063] old [5550], it came [305] into [1909] his [846] heart [2588] to visit [1980] his [846] brethren [80] the children [5207] of Israel [2474].
24 By faith [4102] Moses [3475], when he was come [1096] to years [3173], refused [720] to be called [3004] the son [5207] of Pharaoh's [5328] daughter [2364];
25 Choosing [138] rather [3123] to suffer affliction [4778] with the people [2992] of God [2316], than [2228] to enjoy the pleasures [2192] [619] of sin [266] for a season [4340];
26 Esteeming [2233] the reproach [3680] of Christ [5547] greater [3187] riches [4149] than [2233] the treasures [2344] in [1722] Egypt [125]: for [1063] he had respect [578] unto [1519] the recompence of the reward [3405].
27 By faith [4102] he forsook [2641] Egypt [125], not [3361] fearing [5399] the wrath [2372] of the king [935]: for [1063] he endured [2594], as [5613] seeing [3708] him who is invisible [517].
28 Through faith [4102] he kept [4160] the passover [3957], and [2532] the sprinkling [4378] of blood [129], lest [3363] he that destroyed [3645] the firstborn [4416] should touch [2345] them [846].
29 By faith [4102] they passed through [1224] the Red [2063] sea [2281] as [5613] by [1223] dry [3584] land: which [3739] the Egyptians [124] assaying [3984] to do [2983] were drowned [2666].
22 And [2532] Moses [3475] was learned [3811] in all [3956] the wisdom [4678] of the Egyptians [124], and [1161] was [2258] mighty [1415] in [1722] words [3056] and [2532] in [1722] deeds [2041].
11 And it came to pass in those days [03117], when Moses [04872] was grown [01431], that he went out [03318] unto his brethren [0251], and looked [07200] on their burdens [05450]: and he spied [07200] an Egyptian [04713] [0376] smiting [05221] an Hebrew [05680], one of his brethren [0251].
12 And he looked [06437] this way [03541] and that way [03541], and when he saw [07200] that there was no man [0376], he slew [05221] the Egyptian [04713], and hid [02934] him in the sand [02344].
13 And when he went out [03318] the second [08145] day [03117], behold, two [08147] men [0582] of the Hebrews [05680] strove [05327] together: and he said [0559] to him that did the wrong [07563], Wherefore smitest [05221] thou thy fellow [07453]?
14 And he said [0559], Who made [07760] thee [0376] a prince [08269] and a judge [08199] over us? intendest [0559] thou to kill [02026] me, as thou killedst [02026] the Egyptian [04713]? And Moses [04872] feared [03372], and said [0559], Surely [0403] this thing [01697] is known [03045].
15 Now when Pharaoh [06547] heard [08085] this thing [01697], he sought [01245] to slay [02026] Moses [04872]. But Moses [04872] fled [01272] from the face [06440] of Pharaoh [06547], and dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of Midian [04080]: and he sat down [03427] by a well [0875].
16 Now the priest [03548] of Midian [04080] had seven [07651] daughters [01323]: and they came [0935] and drew [01802] water, and filled [04390] the troughs [07298] to water [08248] their father's [01] flock [06629].
17 And the shepherds [07462] came [0935] and drove them away [01644]: but Moses [04872] stood up [06965] and helped [03467] them, and watered [08248] their flock [06629].
18 And when they came [0935] to Reuel [07467] their father [01], he said [0559], How [04069] is it that ye are come [0935] so soon [04116] to day [03117]?
19 And they said [0559], An Egyptian [04713] [0376] delivered [05337] us out of the hand [03027] of the shepherds [07462], and also drew [01802] water enough [01802] for us, and watered [08248] the flock [06629].
20 And he said [0559] unto his daughters [01323], And where is he? why is it that ye have left [05800] the man [0376]? call [07121] him, that he may eat [0398] bread [03899].
21 And Moses [04872] was content [02974] to dwell [03427] with the man [0376]: and he gave [05414] Moses [04872] Zipporah [06855] his daughter [01323].
22 And she bare [03205] him a son [01121], and he called [07121] his name [08034] Gershom [01647]: for he said [0559], I have been a stranger [01616] in a strange [05237] land [0776].
23 And it came to pass in process [01992] [07227] of time [03117], that the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] died [04191]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] sighed [0584] by reason of [04480] the bondage [05656], and they cried [02199], and their cry [07775] came up [05927] unto God [0430] by reason of the bondage [05656].
24 And God [0430] heard [08085] their groaning [05009], and God [0430] remembered [02142] his covenant [01285] with Abraham [085], with Isaac [03327], and with Jacob [03290].
25 And God [0430] looked [07200] upon the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and God [0430] had respect [03045] unto them.
11 Therefore they did set [07760] over them taskmasters [04522] [08269] to afflict [06031] them with their burdens [05450]. And they built [01129] for Pharaoh [06547] treasure [04543] cities [05892], Pithom [06619] and Raamses [07486].
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].
1 Now Moses [04872] kept [01961] [07462] the flock [06629] of Jethro [03503] his father in law [02859], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080]: and he led [05090] the flock [06629] to the backside [0310] of the desert [04057], and came [0935] to the mountain [02022] of God [0430], even to Horeb [02722].
6 The multitude [08229] of camels [01581] shall cover [03680] thee, the dromedaries [01070] of Midian [04080] and Ephah [05891]; all they from Sheba [07614] shall come [0935]: they shall bring [05375] gold [02091] and incense [03828]; and they shall shew forth [01319] the praises [08416] of the LORD [03068].
36 And the Midianites [04092] sold [04376] him into Egypt [04714] unto Potiphar [06318], an officer [05631] of Pharaoh's [06547], and captain [08269] of the guard [02876].
28 Then there passed [05674] by Midianites [04084] merchantmen [0582] [05503]; and they drew [04900] and lifted up [05927] Joseph [03130] out of the pit [0953], and sold [04376] Joseph [03130] to the Ishmeelites [03459] for twenty [06242] pieces of silver [03701]: and they brought [0935] Joseph [03130] into Egypt [04714].
1 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068]: and the LORD [03068] delivered [05414] them into the hand [03027] of Midian [04080] seven [07651] years [08141].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
17 Vex [06887] the Midianites [04084], and smite [05221] them:
6 And, behold, one [0376] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] came [0935] and brought [07126] unto his brethren [0251] a Midianitish woman [04084] in the sight [05869] of Moses [04872], and in the sight [05869] of all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], who were weeping [01058] before the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
7 And the elders [02205] of Moab [04124] and the elders [02205] of Midian [04080] departed [03212] with the rewards of divination [07081] in their hand [03027]; and they came [0935] unto Balaam [01109], and spake [01696] unto him the words [01697] of Balak [01111].
4 And Moab [04124] said [0559] unto the elders [02205] of Midian [04080], Now shall this company [06951] lick up [03897] all that are round about [05439] us, as the ox [07794] licketh up [03897] the grass [03418] of the field [07704]. And Balak [01111] the son [01121] of Zippor [06834] was king [04428] of the Moabites [04124] at that time [06256].
35 And Husham [02367] died [04191], and Hadad [01908] the son [01121] of Bedad [0911], who smote [05221] Midian [04080] in the field [07704] of Moab [04124], reigned [04427] in his stead: and the name [08034] of his city [05892] was Avith [05762].
4 And the sons [01121] of Midian [04080]; Ephah [05891], and Epher [06081], and Hanoch [02585], and Abida [028], and Eldaah [0420]. All these were the children [01121] of Keturah [06989].
2 And she bare [03205] him Zimran [02175], and Jokshan [03370], and Medan [04091], and Midian [04080], and Ishbak [03435], and Shuah [07744].
27 By faith [4102] he forsook [2641] Egypt [125], not [3361] fearing [5399] the wrath [2372] of the king [935]: for [1063] he endured [2594], as [5613] seeing [3708] him who is invisible [517].
27 By faith [4102] he forsook [2641] Egypt [125], not [3361] fearing [5399] the wrath [2372] of the king [935]: for [1063] he endured [2594], as [5613] seeing [3708] him who is invisible [517].
15 Now when Pharaoh [06547] heard [08085] this thing [01697], he sought [01245] to slay [02026] Moses [04872]. But Moses [04872] fled [01272] from the face [06440] of Pharaoh [06547], and dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of Midian [04080]: and he sat down [03427] by a well [0875].
14 And he said [0559], Who made [07760] thee [0376] a prince [08269] and a judge [08199] over us? intendest [0559] thou to kill [02026] me, as thou killedst [02026] the Egyptian [04713]? And Moses [04872] feared [03372], and said [0559], Surely [0403] this thing [01697] is known [03045].
13 And when he went out [03318] the second [08145] day [03117], behold, two [08147] men [0582] of the Hebrews [05680] strove [05327] together: and he said [0559] to him that did the wrong [07563], Wherefore smitest [05221] thou thy fellow [07453]?
12 And he looked [06437] this way [03541] and that way [03541], and when he saw [07200] that there was no man [0376], he slew [05221] the Egyptian [04713], and hid [02934] him in the sand [02344].
51 And [2532], behold [2400], one [1520] of them which were with [3326] Jesus [2424] stretched out [1614] his hand [5495], and drew [645] his [846] sword [3162], and [2532] struck [3960] a servant [1401] of the high priest's [749], and smote off [851] his [846] ear [5621].
24 By faith [4102] Moses [3475], when he was come [1096] to years [3173], refused [720] to be called [3004] the son [5207] of Pharaoh's [5328] daughter [2364];
25 Choosing [138] rather [3123] to suffer affliction [4778] with the people [2992] of God [2316], than [2228] to enjoy the pleasures [2192] [619] of sin [266] for a season [4340];
26 Esteeming [2233] the reproach [3680] of Christ [5547] greater [3187] riches [4149] than [2233] the treasures [2344] in [1722] Egypt [125]: for [1063] he had respect [578] unto [1519] the recompence of the reward [3405].
25 For [1161] he supposed [3543] his [846] brethren [80] would have understood [4920] how [3754] that God [2316] by [1223] his [846] hand [5495] would deliver [1325] [4991] them [846]: but [1161] they understood [4920] not [3756].
51 Ye stiffnecked [4644] and [2532] uncircumcised [564] in heart [2588] and [2532] ears [3775], ye [5210] do [496] always [104] resist [496] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151]: as [5613] your [5216] fathers [3962] did, so [2532] do ye [5210].
25 For [1161] he supposed [3543] his [846] brethren [80] would have understood [4920] how [3754] that God [2316] by [1223] his [846] hand [5495] would deliver [1325] [4991] them [846]: but [1161] they understood [4920] not [3756].
26 And [5037] the next [1966] day [2250] he shewed himself [3700] unto them [846] as they strove [3164], and [2532] would have set [4900] them [846] at [1519] one again [1515], saying [2036], Sirs [435], ye [5210] are [2075] brethren [80]; why [2444] do ye wrong [91] one to another [240]?
11 And it came to pass in those days [03117], when Moses [04872] was grown [01431], that he went out [03318] unto his brethren [0251], and looked [07200] on their burdens [05450]: and he spied [07200] an Egyptian [04713] [0376] smiting [05221] an Hebrew [05680], one of his brethren [0251].
23 And [1161] when [5613] he [846] was full [4137] forty years [5063] old [5550], it came [305] into [1909] his [846] heart [2588] to visit [1980] his [846] brethren [80] the children [5207] of Israel [2474].
20 And God [0430] was with the lad [05288]; and he grew [01431], and dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057], and became an archer [07235] [07199].
14 And he said [0559], Who made [07760] thee [0376] a prince [08269] and a judge [08199] over us? intendest [0559] thou to kill [02026] me, as thou killedst [02026] the Egyptian [04713]? And Moses [04872] feared [03372], and said [0559], Surely [0403] this thing [01697] is known [03045].
13 And when he went out [03318] the second [08145] day [03117], behold, two [08147] men [0582] of the Hebrews [05680] strove [05327] together: and he said [0559] to him that did the wrong [07563], Wherefore smitest [05221] thou thy fellow [07453]?
12 And he looked [06437] this way [03541] and that way [03541], and when he saw [07200] that there was no man [0376], he slew [05221] the Egyptian [04713], and hid [02934] him in the sand [02344].
11 And it came to pass in those days [03117], when Moses [04872] was grown [01431], that he went out [03318] unto his brethren [0251], and looked [07200] on their burdens [05450]: and he spied [07200] an Egyptian [04713] [0376] smiting [05221] an Hebrew [05680], one of his brethren [0251].
23 And [1161] when [5613] he [846] was full [4137] forty years [5063] old [5550], it came [305] into [1909] his [846] heart [2588] to visit [1980] his [846] brethren [80] the children [5207] of Israel [2474].
24 And [2532] seeing [1492] one [5100] of them suffer wrong [91], he defended [292] him, and [2532] avenged [1557] [4160] him that was oppressed [2669], and smote [3960] the Egyptian [124]:
25 For [1161] he supposed [3543] his [846] brethren [80] would have understood [4920] how [3754] that God [2316] by [1223] his [846] hand [5495] would deliver [1325] [4991] them [846]: but [1161] they understood [4920] not [3756].
23 And [1161] when [5613] he [846] was full [4137] forty years [5063] old [5550], it came [305] into [1909] his [846] heart [2588] to visit [1980] his [846] brethren [80] the children [5207] of Israel [2474].