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Selected Verse: Exodus 2:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Ex 2:23 |
Strong Concordance |
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]. |
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King James |
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. |
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] |
| the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage--The language seems to imply that the Israelites had experienced a partial relaxation, probably through the influence of Moses' royal patroness; but in the reign of her father's successor the persecution was renewed with increased severity. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
In process of time - Nearly forty years Act 7:30. This verse marks the beginning of another section. We now enter at once upon the history of the Exodus.
Their cry came up unto God - This statement, taken in connection with the two following verses, proves that the Israelites retained their faith in the God of their Fathers. The divine name, "God," אלהים 'ĕlohı̂ym, is chosen because it was that which the Israelites must have used in their cry for help, that under which the covenant had been ratified with the Patriarchs (compare Jam 5:4). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Exo 2:23-25 form the introduction to the next chapter. The cruel oppression of the Israelites in Egypt continued without intermission or amelioration. "In those many days the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the service" (i.e., their hard slave labour). The "many days" are the years of oppression, or the time between the birth of Moses and the birth of his children in Midian. The king of Egypt who died, was in any case the king mentioned in Exo 2:15; but whether he was one and the same with the "new king" (Exo 1:8), or a successor of his, cannot be decided. If the former were the case, we should have to assume, with Baumgarten, that the death of the king took place not very long after Moses' flight, seeing that he was an old man at the time of Moses' birth, and had a grown-up daughter. But the greater part of the "many days" would then fall in his successor's reign, which is obviously opposed to the meaning of the words, "It came to pass in those many days, that the king of Egypt died." For this reason the other supposition, that the king mentioned here is a successor of the one mentioned in Exo 1:8, has far greater probability. At the same time, all that can be determined from a comparison of Exo 7:7 is, that the Egyptian oppression lasted more than 80 years. This allusion to the complaints of the Israelites, in connection with the notice of the king's death, seems to imply that they hoped for some amelioration of their lot from the change of government; and that when they were disappointed, and groaned the more bitterly in consequence, they cried to God for help and deliverance. This is evident from the remark, "Their cry came up unto God," and is stated distinctly in Deu 26:7.
Exo 2:24-25
"God heard their crying, and remembered His covenant with the fathers: "and God saw the children of Israel, and God noticed them." "This seeing and noticing had regard to the innermost nature of Israel, namely, as the chosen seed of Abraham" (Baumgarten). God's notice has all the energy of love and pity. Lyra has aptly explained ויּדע thus: "ad modum cognoscentis se habuit, ostendendo dilectionem circa eos;" and Luther has paraphrased it correctly: "He accepted them." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The king of Egypt died - And after him, one or two more of his sons or successors. And the children of Israel sighed by reason of bondage - Probably the murdering of their infants did not continue, that part of their affliction only attended the birth of Moses, to signalize that. And now they were content with their increase, finding that Egypt was enriched by their labour; so they might have them for their slaves, they cared not how many they were. On this therefore they were intent, to keep them all at work, and make the best hand they could of their labour. When one Pharaoh died, another rose up in his place, that was as cruel to Israel as his predecessors. And they cried - Now at last they began to think of God under their troubles, and to return to him from the idols they had served, Eze 20:8. Hitherto they had fretted at the instruments of their trouble, but God was not in all their thoughts. But before God unbound them, he put it into their hearts to cry unto him. It is a sign God is coming towards us with deliverance, when he inclines us to cry to him for it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
In process of time - the king of Egypt died - According to St. Stephen, (Act 7:30, compared with Exo 7:7), the death of the Egyptian king happened about forty years after the escape of Moses to Midian. The words ויהי בימים הרבים ההם vayehi baiyamim harabbim hahem, which we translate And it came to pass in process of time, signify, And it was in many days from these that the king, etc. It has already been remarked that Archbishop Usher supposes this king to have been Ramesses Miamun, who was succeeded by his son Amenophis, who was drowned in the Red Sea when pursuing the Israelites, but Abul Farajius says it was Amunfathis, (Amenophis), he who made the cruel edict against the Hebrew children. Some suppose that Moses wrote the book of Job during the time he sojourned in Midian, and also the book of Genesis. See the preface to the book of Job, where this subject is considered.
Sighed by reason of the bondage - For the nature of their bondage, see Clarke's note on Exo 1:14. |
4 Behold [2400], the hire [3408] of the labourers [2040] who [3588] have reaped down [270] your [5216] fields [5561], which [3588] is of [575] you [5216] kept back by fraud [650], crieth [2896]: and [2532] the cries [995] of them which have reaped [2325] are entered [1525] into [1519] the ears [3775] of the Lord [2962] of sabaoth [4519].
30 And [2532] when forty [5062] years [2094] were expired [4137], there appeared [3700] to him [846] in [1722] the wilderness [2048] of mount [3735] Sina [4614] an angel [32] of the Lord [2962] in [1722] a flame [5395] of fire [4442] in a bush [942].
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.
7 And when we cried [06817] unto the LORD [03068] God [0430] of our fathers [01], the LORD [03068] heard [08085] our voice [06963], and looked [07200] on our affliction [06040], and our labour [05999], and our oppression [03906]:
7 And Moses [04872] was fourscore [08084] years [08141] old [01121], and Aaron [0175] fourscore [08084] and three [07969] years [08141] old [01121], when they spake [01696] unto Pharaoh [06547].
8 Now there arose up [06965] a new [02319] king [04428] over Egypt [04714], which knew [03045] not Joseph [03130].
8 Now there arose up [06965] a new [02319] king [04428] over Egypt [04714], which knew [03045] not Joseph [03130].
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].
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.
8 But they rebelled [04784] against me, and would [014] not hearken [08085] unto me: they did not every man [0376] cast away [07993] the abominations [08251] of their eyes [05869], neither did they forsake [05800] the idols [01544] of Egypt [04714]: then I said [0559], I will pour out [08210] my fury [02534] upon them, to accomplish [03615] my anger [0639] against them in the midst [08432] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
14 And they made [04843] their lives [02416] bitter [04843] with hard [07186] bondage [05656], in morter [02563], and in brick [03843], and in all manner of service [05656] in the field [07704]: all their service [05656], wherein they made them serve [05647], was with rigour [06531].
7 And Moses [04872] was fourscore [08084] years [08141] old [01121], and Aaron [0175] fourscore [08084] and three [07969] years [08141] old [01121], when they spake [01696] unto Pharaoh [06547].
30 And [2532] when forty [5062] years [2094] were expired [4137], there appeared [3700] to him [846] in [1722] the wilderness [2048] of mount [3735] Sina [4614] an angel [32] of the Lord [2962] in [1722] a flame [5395] of fire [4442] in a bush [942].