
Text -- Exodus 2:10 (NET)




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Wesley -> Exo 2:10
Wesley: Exo 2:10 - -- The tradition of the Jews is, that Pharaoh's daughter had no child of her own, and that she was the only child of her father, so that when he was adop...
The tradition of the Jews is, that Pharaoh's daughter had no child of her own, and that she was the only child of her father, so that when he was adopted for her son, he stood fair for the crown: however, it is certain he stood fair for the best preferments of the court in due time, and in the mean time had the advantage of the best education, with the help of which, he became master of all the lawful learning of the Egyptians Act 7:22. Those whom God designs for great services he finds out ways for to qualify them. Moses, by having his education in a court, is the fitter to be a prince, and king in Jeshurun; by having his education in a learned court, (for such the Egyptian then was) is the fitter to be an historian; and by having his education in the court of Egypt, is the fitter to be employed as an ambassador to that court in God's name. The Jews tell us, that his father at his circumcision called him Joachim, but Pharaoh's daughter called him Moses, Drawn out of the water, so it signifies in the Egyptian language, The calling of the Jewish lawgiver by an Egyptian name is a happy omen to the Gentile world, and gives hopes of that day when it should be said, Blessed be Egypt my people, Isa 19:25. And his tuition at court was an earnest of the performance of that promise, Isa 49:23. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nursing mothers.
JFB: Exo 2:10 - -- Though it must have been nearly as severe a trial for Jochebed to part with him the second time as the first, she was doubtless reconciled to it by he...
Though it must have been nearly as severe a trial for Jochebed to part with him the second time as the first, she was doubtless reconciled to it by her belief in his high destination as the future deliverer of Israel. His age when removed to the palace is not stated; but he was old enough to be well instructed in the principles of the true religion; and those early impressions, deepened by the power of divine grace, were never forgotten or effaced.

JFB: Exo 2:10 - -- By adoption, and his high rank afforded him advantages in education, which in the Providence of God were made subservient to far different purposes fr...
By adoption, and his high rank afforded him advantages in education, which in the Providence of God were made subservient to far different purposes from what his royal patroness intended.

JFB: Exo 2:10 - -- His parents might, as usual, at the time of his circumcision, have given him a name, which is traditionally said to have been Joachim. But the name ch...
His parents might, as usual, at the time of his circumcision, have given him a name, which is traditionally said to have been Joachim. But the name chosen by the princess, whether of Egyptian or Hebrew origin, is the only one by which he has ever been known to the church; and it is a permanent memorial of the painful incidents of his birth and infancy.
Clarke: Exo 2:10 - -- And he became her son - From this time of his being brought home by his nurse his education commenced, and he was learned in all the wisdom of the E...
And he became her son - From this time of his being brought home by his nurse his education commenced, and he was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, Act 7:22, who in the knowledge of nature probably exceeded all the nations then on the face of the earth

Clarke: Exo 2:10 - -- And she called his name - משה mosheh , because מן המים min hammayim , out of the waters משיתהו meshithihu , have I drawn him. מ...
And she called his name -
Calvin -> Exo 2:10
Calvin: Exo 2:10 - -- 10.And the child grew Here, however, their grief is renewed, when his parents are again obliged to give up Moses, and he is torn as it were from thei...
10.And the child grew Here, however, their grief is renewed, when his parents are again obliged to give up Moses, and he is torn as it were from their bowels. For, on this condition, he passed over to the Egyptian nation, not only that he should be alienated from his own race, but that he should increase the number of their enemies in his own person. And certainly it is scarcely credible that he could be long tolerated in the tyrant’s court, and amongst the most cruel enemies of Israel, unless he professed to be a partaker of their hatred. We know of what corrupting influences courts are full; it is well known, too, how great was the pride of the Egyptians, whilst experience teaches us how prone even the best natures are to yield to the temptations of pleasure, wherefore we must wonder the more that, when Moses was engulfed in these whirlpools, he still retained his uprightness and integrity. Certainly the hope of their redemption might seem here again to suffer an eclipse, the course of circumstances being all against it; but thus the providence of God, the more circuitously it appears to flow, shines forth all the more wonderfully in the end, since it never really wanders from its direct object, or fails of its effect, when its due time is come. Nevertheless God, as with an outstretched hand, drew back his servant to himself and to the body of his Church, by suggesting in his name the recollection of his origin; for the king’s daughter did not give him this name without the preventing Spirit of God, that Moses might know that he was drawn out of the river when he was about to perish. As often, then, as he heard his name, he must needs remember of what people he sprang; and the power of this stimulus must have been all the greater, because the fact was known to everybody. The daughter of the king, indeed, could have by no means intended this, and would have rather wished the memory of his origin to be lost; but God, who put words in the mouth of Balaam’s ass, influenced also the tongue of this woman to bear loud and public testimony to the very thing which she would have preferred to conceal; and although she desired to keep Moses with herself, became his directress and guide in returning to his own nation. But should any be surprised that she did not fear her father’s anger in thus publicly recording the violation of his command, it may readily be replied that there was no cause of offense given to the tyrant, who would have willingly allowed any number of slaves to be born to him, so that the name of Israel were abolished. For why did he spare the lives of the female infants, but in order that Egyptian slaves might be born of them? And, regarding Moses in this light, he did not conceive that the act of his daughter had violated his command, nay, he rather rejoiced that the Israelitish nation was thus diminished, and the Egyptian nation numerically increased. One question only remains, viz., how it occurred to the mind of Pharaoh’s daughter to give Moses an Hebrew name, 28 when it is certain from Psa 81:5, that there was a great difference between the two languages: “he went out through the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I understood not?” And again, we know that Joseph made use of an interpreter with his brethren when he pretended to be an Egyptian. (Gen 42:23.) We may probably conjecture that she asked the mother of Moses the word which expressed this signification, or we may prefer supposing that he had an Egyptian name, which was interpreted by his Hebrew one, and this I am most inclined to think was the case. When Moses subsequently fled, he again took the name his mother gave him.
Defender -> Exo 2:10
Defender: Exo 2:10 - -- In Hebrew, "Moses" apparently means "to draw out." However, it was also a common component of Egyptian names, probably meaning "son of," such as Ahmos...
In Hebrew, "Moses" apparently means "to draw out." However, it was also a common component of Egyptian names, probably meaning "son of," such as Ahmose or Thutmose, Pharaohs of this period."
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Barnes -> Exo 2:10
Barnes: Exo 2:10 - -- He became her son - See the margin reference. His training and education was, humanly speaking, all but indispensable to the efficient accompli...
He became her son - See the margin reference. His training and education was, humanly speaking, all but indispensable to the efficient accomplishment of his work as the predestined leader and instructor of his countrymen. Moses probably passed the early years of his life in Lower Egypt, where the princess resided. However, there may be substantial grounds for the tradition in Josephus that he was engaged in a campaign against the Ethiopians, thus showing himself, as Stephen says, "mighty in word and deed."
Moses - The Egyptian origin of this word is generally admitted. The name itself is not uncommon in ancient documents. The exact meaning is "son,"but the verbal root of the word signifies "produce,""draw forth."The whole sentence in Egyptian would exactly correspond to our King James Version. She called his name Moses, i. e. "son,"or "brought forth,"because she brought him forth out of the water.
Poole -> Exo 2:10
Poole: Exo 2:10 - -- He became her son by adoption, Heb 11:24 . For, as Philo reports, she, though long married, had no child of her own; and therefore treated him as her...
He became her son by adoption, Heb 11:24 . For, as Philo reports, she, though long married, had no child of her own; and therefore treated him as her own, and gave him royal education and instruction. See Act 7:21 .
Moses it matters not whether this be an Egyptian name, or a Hebrew name answering to it in signification, seeing the meaning of it is here explained.
Haydock -> Exo 2:10
Haydock: Exo 2:10 - -- Moses, or Moyses, in the Egyptian tongue, signifies one taken or saved out of the water. (Challoner) ---
Mo, signifies water in the Egyptian t...
Moses, or Moyses, in the Egyptian tongue, signifies one taken or saved out of the water. (Challoner) ---
Mo, signifies water in the Egyptian tongue; Mosse, "he drew out," in Hebrew. Philo believes that the princess feigned him to be her own child. Moses denied that he was, and would not take advantage of this adoption, Hebrews xi. 24. He was grown up, and had been well instructed by his parents, ver. 9. He afterwards became well versed in all the sciences, (Acts vii. 22,) rejecting what was idle and superstitious. Josephus assures us he became a great conqueror. (Calmet)
Gill -> Exo 2:10
Gill: Exo 2:10 - -- And the child grew,.... In stature and in strength, thriving under the care of its mother and nurse, through the blessing of God:
and she brought h...
And the child grew,.... In stature and in strength, thriving under the care of its mother and nurse, through the blessing of God:
and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter; when grown up and weaned, and needed a nurse no longer: a Jewish chronologer u says, this was two years after his birth; and another says w, that when he was three years old, Pharaoh sitting at table, and his queen was at his right hand, and his daughter, with Moses, at his left, and his mother before him, when Moses in the sight of them all took the crown from Pharaoh's head:
and he became her son; by adoption, for though she was a married woman, as some say, yet had no children, though very desirous of them, which accounts the more for her readiness in taking notice and care of Moses; so Philo the Jew says x, that she had been married a long time, but never with child, though she was very desirous of children, and especially a son, that might succeed her father in the kingdom, or otherwise it must go into another family: yea, he further says, that she feigned herself with child, that Moses might be thought to be her own son: and Artapanus y, an Heathen writer, says that the daughter of Pharaoh was married to one Chenephres, who reigned over the country above Memphis, for at that time many reigned in Egypt; and she being barren, took a son of one of the Jews, whom she called Moyses, and being grown up to a man's estate, was, by the Greeks, called Musaeus:
and she called his name Moses, and she said, because I drew him out of the water; by which it appears, that this word is derived from the Hebrew word

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TSK Synopsis -> Exo 2:1-25
TSK Synopsis: Exo 2:1-25 - --1 Moses is born, and in an ark cast into the flags.5 He is found, and brought up by Pharaoh's daughter;7 who employs his mother to nurse him.11 He sla...
Maclaren -> Exo 2:1-10
Maclaren: Exo 2:1-10 - --Exodus 2:1-10
I. It Is Remarkable That All The Persons In This Narrative Are Anonymous.
We know that the names of the man of the house of ...
MHCC -> Exo 2:5-10
MHCC: Exo 2:5-10 - --Come, see the place where that great man, Moses, lay, when he was a little child; it was in a bulrush basket by the river's side. Had he been left the...
Matthew Henry -> Exo 2:5-10
Matthew Henry: Exo 2:5-10 - -- Here is, I. Moses saved from perishing. Come see the place where that great man lay when he was a little child; he lay in a bulrush-basket by the ri...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Exo 2:1-10
Keil-Delitzsch: Exo 2:1-10 - --
Birth and Education of Moses. - Whilst Pharaoh was urging forward the extermination of the Israelites, God was preparing their emancipation. Accordi...
Constable: Exo 1:1--15:22 - --I. THE LIBERATION OF ISRAEL 1:1--15:21
"The story of the first half of Exodus, in broad summary, is Rescue. The ...

Constable: Exo 2:1-10 - --3. Moses' birth and education 2:1-10
"Whilst Pharaoh was urging forward the extermination of the Israelites, God was preparing their emancipator."34
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