Exodus 2:11--3:12
Moses <04872> [A.M. 2473. B.C. 1531. Moses.]
hard labor <05450> [burdens.]
looked <06437> [he looked.]
attacked <05221> [slew.]
If the Egyptian killed the Hebrew, Moses only acted agreeably to the divine law (Ge 9:6) in thus slaying the Egyptian; nor did he violate the law of Egypt; for, according to Diodorus Siculus (1. 1. 17), "he who saw a man killed, or violently assaulted on the highway, and did not rescue him, if he could, was punished with death." Moses, therefore, in this transaction, acted as a brave and good man; especially as at this time there was little probability of obtaining justice on an Egyptian murderer.
said <0559> [and he said.]
made <07760> [Who.]
ruler <08269> [a prince. Heb. a man, a prince.]
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
fled <01272> [fled.]
Midian <04080> [Midian.]
settled ......... settled <03427> [sat down.]
priest <03548> [the priest. or, prince.]
came <0935> [they came.]
shepherds <07462> [shepherds.]
watered <08248> [watered.]
[Jethro. or, Jether.]
[Raguel.]
Egyptian <04713> [an Egyptian.]
actually drew <01802> [and also.]
Call ....... eat <07121 0398> [call him.]
agreed <02974> [content.]
Zipporah <06855> [Zipporah.]
Gershom <01647> [Gershom. i.e., a stranger here.]
said <0559> [for he said.]
<01992> [A.M. cir. 2504. B.C. cir. 1500. in process.]
king <04428> [the king.]
groaned <0584> [sighed.]
desperate cry <07775> [cry.]
God heard .... God <08085 0430> [God heard.]
remembered <02142> [remembered.]
saw <07200> [looked.]
God ...... God <0430> [God.]
For {elohim,} God, Houbigant reads {aleyhem,} unto them; which is countenanced by the LXX., Vulgate, Chaldee, Coptic, and Arabic, and appears to have been the original reading.
understood <03045> [had respect. Heb. knew.]
<01961> [A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491. kept.]
father-in-law <02859> [his father.]
mountain <02022> [the mountain.]
Horeb <02722> [Horeb.]
angel <04397> [angel.]
bush ...... bush ... ablaze <01197 05572> [bush burned.]
within <08432> [unto him.]
Moses ... Moses <04872> [Moses.]
approach <07126> [Draw not.]
<05394> [put off.]
God ...... God ..... God ...... God ................ God <0430> [I am.]
father <01> [thy father.]
Though the word {avicha,} "thy father," is here used in the singular, yet St. Stephen, quoting this passage (Ac. 7:32), uses the plural, [Lo Theos ton patron sou,] "the God of thy fathers;" and that this is the meaning, the following words prove. This reading is confirmed by the Samaritan and Coptic.
hid <05641> [hid.]
seen <07200> [I have.]
because <06440> [by reason.]
know <03045> [I know.]
down <03381> [I am.]
deliver <05337> [deliver.]
good <02896> [unto a good.]
Canaanites <03669> [Canaanites.]
cry <06818> [the cry.]
seen <07200> [and I have.]
sign <0226> [Certainly.]
sign <0226> [token.]
serve <05647> [ye shall.]
