Éxodo 2:1

1 Un varón de la familia de Leví fue, y tomó por mujer una hija de Leví

Éxodo 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 ) .

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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)

Éxodo 2:1 In-Context

1 Un varón de la familia de Leví fue, y tomó por mujer una hija de Leví

2 la cual concibió, y le dio a luz un hijo; y viéndole que era hermoso, le tuvo escondido tres meses

3 Y no pudiendo tenerle más escondido, tomó una arquilla de juncos, y la calafateó con pez y betún, y colocó en ella al niño, y lo puso en un carrizal a la orilla del río

4 Y se paró una hermana suya a lo lejos, para ver lo que le acontecería

5 Y la hija del Faraón descendió a lavarse al río, y paseándose sus doncellas por la ribera del río, vio ella la arquilla en el carrizal, y envió una criada suya a que la tomara