
Text -- Exodus 2:11 (NET)




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Wesley -> Exo 2:11
Wesley: Exo 2:11 - -- He looked on their burdens as one that not only pitied them, but was resolved to venture with them, and for them.
He looked on their burdens as one that not only pitied them, but was resolved to venture with them, and for them.
JFB: Exo 2:11 - -- 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 ...
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.

JFB: Exo 2:11 - -- 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 t...
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.

JFB: Exo 2:11 - -- 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 barb...
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.
Clarke -> Exo 2:11
Clarke: Exo 2:11 - -- 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 exci...
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.
Calvin -> Exo 2:11
Calvin: Exo 2:11 - -- 11.And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown Now did that faith which the Apostle celebrates begin to shew itself, when Moses, despisin...
11.And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown Now did that faith which the Apostle celebrates begin to shew itself, when Moses, despising the pleasures and riches of the Court, chose rather to suffer the reproach of Christ, than to be accounted happy apart from companionship with the chosen people. Nor was it only love for his nation, but faith in the promises, which induced him to undertake this charge, by which he knew that he should incur the hatred of all the Egyptians. For although he did not immediately resign his wealth, and honorable station, and influence, and power, this was, as it were, the preparation for divesting himself of all these deceitful allurements. Whence the Apostle says,
“he refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.”
(Heb 11:24.)
There is certainly no doubt but that he avowed his desire to return to his true and natural kindred, from whom he had been separated: for we gather from the context, that he did not come to see his brethren only to pity their estate, but to bring them some consolation, and even to share their lot. Nor was the Court so near that he could daily visit them in his ordinary walk. And it is said that “he went out the second day.” Therefore, he privately withdrew himself from the Court, or, having asked permission, preferred to expose himself to enmity, rather than not discover his affectionate regard to his people. But he relates that he looked on their burdens, or troubles, so that their unjust oppression must have naturally aroused him to give them help. He adds, too, another motive, that he “saw an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew.” It is probable that they were harshly treated by their taskmasters if they were slow in their work, and since they were given over to the will of wicked men, that every one might exercise the same cruelty upon them with impunity.
Defender -> Exo 2:11
Defender: Exo 2:11 - -- Moses was forty years old at this time (Act 7:23) and although he had been raised from infancy in Pharaoh's palace and in all the culture and wisdom o...
Moses was forty years old at this time (Act 7:23) and although he had been raised from infancy in Pharaoh's palace and in all the culture and wisdom of the mighty nation of Egypt, (perhaps even being a prospective Pharaoh himself, as the "son" of Pharaoh's daughter - Exo 2:10), he still considered the Hebrews to be "his brethren," and in need of his protection. It seems very likely that he had, by this time, custody of the ancient tablets which he would later compile into the book of Genesis. Joseph had possibly deposited them in his own vaults for safekeeping."
TSK -> Exo 2:11
TSK: Exo 2:11 - -- am 2473, bc 1531
Moses : Act 7:22-24; Heb 11:24-26
burdens : Exo 1:11, Exo 3:7, Exo 5:9, Exo 5:14; Isa 58:6; Mat 11:28; Luk 4:18
am 2473, bc 1531
Moses : Act 7:22-24; Heb 11:24-26
burdens : Exo 1:11, Exo 3:7, Exo 5:9, Exo 5:14; Isa 58:6; Mat 11:28; Luk 4:18

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Barnes -> Exo 2:11
Barnes: Exo 2:11 - -- 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 oppresse...
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.
Poole -> Exo 2:11
Poole: Exo 2:11 - -- In those days whilst Moses lived at court, and was owned as the son of Pharaoh’ s daughter, and, as some write, designed to succeed Pharaoh in t...
In those days whilst Moses lived at court, and was owned as the son of Pharaoh’ s daughter, and, as some write, designed to succeed Pharaoh in the throne. Moses was grown to maturity , being forty years old, Act 7:23 .
He went out unto his brethren partly by natural affection and inclination, that he might learn the state of his brethren, and help them, as occasion should offer itself; and partly by Divine instigation, and in design that he might give some manifestation to them that he was raised and sent of God to deliver them; as may be gathered from Act 7:25 .
Gill -> Exo 2:11
Gill: Exo 2:11 - -- And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown,.... To man's estate; some of the Jewish writers say he was eighteen, others twenty years of a...
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown,.... To man's estate; some of the Jewish writers say he was eighteen, others twenty years of age e, but Stephen, who is most to be credited, says he was full forty years of age, Act 7:23,
that he went out unto his brethren the Hebrews: whom he knew to be his brethren, either by divine revelation, or by conversing with his nurse, who was his mother; who, doubtless, instructed him while he was with her, as far as he was capable of being informed of things, and who might frequently visit her afterwards, by which means he became apprised that he was an Hebrew and not an Egyptian, though he went for the son of Pharaoh's daughter, which he refused to be called when he knew his parentage, Heb 11:24 now he went out from Pharaoh's palace, which in a short time he entirely relinquished, to visit his brethren, and converse with them, and understood their case and circumstances:
and looked on their burdens; which they were obliged to carry, and were very heavy, and with which they were pressed; he looked at them with grief and concern, and considered in his mind how to relieve them, if possible:
and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren; the Egyptian was, according to Jarchi, a principal of the taskmasters of Israel, who was beating the Hebrew for not doing his work as he required, and the Hebrew, according to him, was the husband of Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, Lev 24:11, though others say it was Dathan f.

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NET Notes: Exo 2:11 Heb “brothers.” This kinship term is used as a means of indicating the nature of Moses’ personal concern over the incident, since th...
Geneva Bible -> Exo 2:11
Geneva Bible: Exo 2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was ( d ) grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egypti...

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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...
MHCC -> Exo 2:11-15
MHCC: Exo 2:11-15 - --Moses boldly owned the cause of God's people. It is plain from Hebrews 11. that this was done in faith, with the full purpose of leaving the honours, ...
Matthew Henry -> Exo 2:11-15
Matthew Henry: Exo 2:11-15 - -- Moses had now passed the first forty years of his life in the court of Pharaoh, preparing himself for business; and now it was time for him to enter...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Exo 2:11-15
Keil-Delitzsch: Exo 2:11-15 - --
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...
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 2:6--3:7 - --B. Israel's conduct toward Yahweh and Yahweh's treatment of Israel in the period of the judges 2:6-3:6
T...
