Exo 2:1 | Clarke | STEP | Amram and Jochebed marry, . Moses is born, and is hidden by his mother three months, . Is exposed in an ark of bulrushes on the riser Nile, and watched by his sister, , . He is found by the daughter of Pharaoh, who commits him to the care of his own mother, and has him educated as her own son, . When grown up, he is brought to Pharaoh's daughter, who receives him as her own child, and calls him Moses, . Finding an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, he kills the Egyptian, and hides him in the sand, , . Reproves two Hebrews that were contending together, one of whom charges him with killing the Egyptian, , . Pharaoh, hearing of the death of the Egyptian, sought to slay Moses, who, being alarmed, escapes to the land of Midian, . Meets with the seven daughters of Reuel, priest or prince of Midian, who came to water their flocks, and assists them, , . On their return they inform their father Reuel, who invites Moses to his house, . Moses dwells with him, and receives Zipporah his daughter to wife, . She bears him a son whom he calls Gershom, . The children of Israel, grievously oppressed in Egypt, cry for deliverance, . God remembers his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hears their prayer, , . Verse 1 There went a man - Amram, son of Kohath, son of Levi, . A daughter of Levi, Jochebed, sister to Kohath, and consequently both the wife and aunt of her husband Amram, ; . Such marriages were at this time lawful, though they were afterwards forbidden, . But it is possible that daughter of Levi means no more than a descendant of that family, and that probably Amram and Jochebed were only cousin germans. As a new law was to be given and a new priesthood formed, God chose a religious family out of which the lawgiver and the high priest were both to spring.

Exodus 2:1

Introduction

Amram and Jochebed marry, Exo 2:1. Moses is born, and is hidden by his mother three months, Exo 2:2. Is exposed in an ark of bulrushes on the riser Nile, and watched by his sister, Exo 2:3, Exo 2:4. He is found by the daughter of Pharaoh, who commits him to the care of his own mother, and has him educated as her own son, Exo 2:5-9. When grown up, he is brought to Pharaoh's daughter, who receives him as her own child, and calls him Moses, Exo 2:10. Finding an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, he kills the Egyptian, and hides him in the sand, Exo 2:11, Exo 2:12. Reproves two Hebrews that were contending together, one of whom charges him with killing the Egyptian, Exo 2:13, Exo 2:14. Pharaoh, hearing of the death of the Egyptian, sought to slay Moses, who, being alarmed, escapes to the land of Midian, Exo 2:15. Meets with the seven daughters of Reuel, priest or prince of Midian, who came to water their flocks, and assists them, Exo 2:16, Exo 2:17. On their return they inform their father Reuel, who invites Moses to his house, Exo 2:18-20. Moses dwells with him, and receives Zipporah his daughter to wife, Exo 2:21. She bears him a son whom he calls Gershom, Exo 2:22. The children of Israel, grievously oppressed in Egypt, cry for deliverance, Exo 2:23. God remembers his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hears their prayer, Exo 2:24, Exo 2:25.

Verse 1

There went a man - Amram, son of Kohath, son of Levi, Exo 6:16-20. A daughter of Levi, Jochebed, sister to Kohath, and consequently both the wife and aunt of her husband Amram, Exo 6:20; Num 26:59. Such marriages were at this time lawful, though they were afterwards forbidden, Lev 18:12. But it is possible that daughter of Levi means no more than a descendant of that family, and that probably Amram and Jochebed were only cousin germans. As a new law was to be given and a new priesthood formed, God chose a religious family out of which the lawgiver and the high priest were both to spring.