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Exodus 2 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Exodus 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Exodus 2 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יֶלֶד yeled H3206 8 something born, lad
בַּת bath H1323 9 daughter
פַּרְעֹה Parʻôh H6547 7 Paroh
מֹשֶׁה Môsheh H4872 8 Mosheh
רָאָה râʼâh H7200 7 see
עִבְרִי ʻIbrîy H5680 4 Eberite
דָּלָה dâlâh H1802 3 dangle, let down a bucket

How preachers through history handled this text

12 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 6 Calvin 4 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“The Israelites' bondage in Egypt continued, though the murdering of their infants did not continue. Sometimes the Lord suffers the rod of the wicked to lie very long and very heavy on the lot of the righteous. At last they began to think of God under their troubles. It is a sign that the Lord is coming towards us with deliverance, when he inclines and enables us to cry to him for it. God heard their groaning; he made it to appear that he took notice of their complaints. He remembered his covenant, of which he is ever mindful. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 2:23–35 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Midian — Ex 2:15
  • Egypt — Ex 2:23
  • Nile — Ex 2:3

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