Chūāijíjì 2:1

1 Yǒu yī gè Lìwèi jiā de rén qǔ le yī gè Lìwèi nǚzi wéi qì .

Chūāijíjì 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1. And there went a man of the house of Levi
This manExodus 2:2

And the woman conceived, and bare a son
Which was not her first child, nor indeed her first son, for she had both Aaron and Miriam before this: this son, which was Moses, was born, as the Jews say F20, in the thirty seventh year after the death of Levi, A. M. 2365, (or, as others, 2368,) on a Wednesday, the seventh of the month Adar, in the third hour of the day: some say it was on the twenty fourth of Nisan; but, according to Bishop Usher F21, he was born forty one years after the death of Levi, A. M. 2433, and in the year before Christ 1571,

and when she saw him that he was a goodly child;
exceeding fair and beautiful, as Stephen expresses it, ( Acts 7:20 ) , the Jews say F23 his form was like an angel of God, and Trogus F24, an Heathen writer, says his beautiful form recommended him: this engaged the affections of his parents to him, and who, from hence, might promise themselves that he would be a very eminent and useful person, could his life be preserved:

she hid him three months;
in her bedchamber, some Jewish writers say {y}; others F26, in a house under ground, that is, in the cellar; however, it was in his father's house, ( Acts 7:20 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F20 Shatshalet Hakabala, fol. 5. 2. Tzemach David, par. 1. fol. 7. 1.
F21 Annal. Vet. Test. p. 18.
F23 Pirke Eliezer, c. 48. fol. 57. 2.
F24 Justin e Trogo, l. 36. c. 2.
F25 Chronicon Mosis, fol. 3. 2.
F26 Pirke Eliezer, ut supra. (c.48. fol. 57.2)

Chūāijíjì 2:1 In-Context

1 Yǒu yī gè Lìwèi jiā de rén qǔ le yī gè Lìwèi nǚzi wéi qì .
2 Nà nǚrén huáiyùn , shēng yī gè érzi , jiàn tā jùnmĕi , jiù cáng le tā sān gè yuè ,
3 Hòulái bùnéng zaì cáng , jiù qǔ le yī gè púcǎo xiāng , mā shàng shí qī hé shí yóu , jiāng háizi fàng zaì lǐtou , bǎ xiāngzi gē zaì hé bian de lú dí zhōng .
4 Háizi de zǐ zǐ yuǎn yuǎn zhàn zhe , yào zhīdào tā jiūjìng zĕnmeyàng .
5 Fǎlǎo de nǚér lái dào hé bian xǐzǎo , tāde shǐnǚ men zaì hé bian xíng zǒu . tā kànjian xiāngzi zaì lú dí zhōng , jiù dǎfa yī gè bìnǚ ná lái .
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