Acts 7:19

Acts 7:19

God Delivers Israel by Moses

17 “But when ^athe time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, ^bthe people grew and multiplied in Egypt

18 till another king ^aarose who did not know Joseph.

19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, ^amaking them expose their babies, so that they might not live.

20 ^aAt this time Moses was born, and ^bwas well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months.

21 But ^awhen he was set out, ^bPharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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The same dealt subtilty - ̔ , A word borrowed from the Septuagint, who thus translate the Hebrew nithchokmah lo , let us deal wisely with it, i.e. with cunning and deceit, as the Greek word implies; and which is evidently intended by the Hebrew. See Genesis 27:35, Thy brother came with subtilty, which the Targumist explains by be - chokma , with wisdom, that is, cunning and deceit. For this the Egyptians were so remarkable that , to Egyptize, signified to act cunningly, and to use wicked devices. Hence the Jews compared them to foxes; and it is of them that Canticles, Song of Songs 2:15, is understood by the rabbins: Take us the little foxes which spoil our vines; destroy the Egyptians, who, having slain our male children, sought to destroy the name of Israel from the face of the earth.

To the end they might not live - Might not grow up and propagate, and thus build up the Hebrew nation.

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