Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 3:17
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
17. said ] i.e. as often, said mentally = resolved.
bring you up ] from the low-lying land of Egypt into the high ground of Canaan. So regularly (cf. Exo 1:10).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Exo 3:17
A land flowing with milk and honey.
An inferior motive for a religious life
I. Some people are religious because they hope thereby to be saved from affliction. I will bring you out of the affliction of Egypt.
1. They hope to escape the affliction of a bad name.
2. They hope to escape the affliction of a retributive providence.
3. They hope to escape the affliction of moral punishment from God.
II. Other people are religious because they hope thereby to better their condition, and gain greater enjoyment. Unto a land flowing with milk and honey.–
1. Because they imagine religion will free them from slavery.
2. Because they imagine religion will give them an advantage over their enemies.
3. Because they imagine religion will give them rich possession.
III. That while the land flowing with milk and honey may be one motive for a religious life, the superior is love to God and moral freedom (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
The resolution of Divine mercy
1. Awakens instruments to convey its message.
2. Prepares Churches to welcome its tidings.
3. The giving of a new impulse to history. (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
The encouragement God gives to Christian workers
1. Divine aid in the work.
2. Bright hope in their future.
3. Glad success in their toil. (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
A happy residence
1. A land of plenty,
2. A land of beauty.
3. A land of promise.
4. A land of freedom.
5. A land of rest.
6. A land typical of heaven. (J. S. Exell, M. A.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
And I have said,…. Within himself, resolved in his own mind, and had declared it to Moses:
I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt: with which they were afflicted in Egypt, and by the Egyptians; this he both purposed and promised to bring them out of: unto the land of the Canaanites, c. then in the possession of the Canaanites, and others after named
[See comments on Ex 3:8].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
17. And I have said. By this expression God reminds us that he in his secret counsel determines what he will do, and therefore that we must put a restraint on our desires, which otherwise press forward too fast, and let him freely and voluntarily appoint what he knows to be best to be done; not because he has need of taking time to deliberate, but that we may learn to depend on his providence. By this decree the children of Israel were assured that the end of their woes was near, because there is nothing which can prevent God from performing his work. But he speaks briefly, as of a thing well known; because what had been handed down through the patriarchs, as to their future deliverance, was not entirely forgotten. He enumerates several nations whose lands He would give them, that he might thus the more attract them to come forth. With the same object he affirms that the whole country flows “with milk and honey,” lest its barrenness should alarm them, because famine had driven their fathers out from thence. But although the land of Canaan was naturally fertile, there is no doubt but that its fruitfulness chiefly arose from the blessing of God. The conclusion is, that a spacious dwelling-place is prepared for them, since for their sake God will drive out many nations, that they may possess the habitations of them all; and that, finally, they need not fear want, because God will abundantly supply them with food, as if the whole of that land were filled with rivers of milk and honey.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(17) I have said.See Exo. 3:8. Perhaps there is also a reference to the promise made to Abraham (Gen.XV. 14).
The affliction of Egypt.Comp. Gen. 15:13 Exo. 1:11-12; Exo. 3:7.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 15:14-18
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 3:17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Ver. 17. I have said, I will bring you up. ] And now I am come to do it. This is some part of the import of “I am that I am,” “the same yesterday, today, and for ever.” Heb 13:8 Ero qui eram, I will be the same to you in my performances that I was to your fathers in my proraises.
A land flowing with milk.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
I will bring: Exo 3:9, Exo 2:23-25, Gen 15:13-21, Gen 46:4, Gen 50:24
unto the land: Exo 3:8, Gen 15:14, Gen 15:18-21
Reciprocal: Exo 6:6 – I will bring Exo 12:25 – according Exo 13:5 – a land Exo 23:23 – thee in Exo 33:2 – the Canaanite Exo 34:11 – I drive Lev 20:24 – But I Num 13:27 – General Num 13:29 – the Hittites Num 16:14 – Moreover Deu 4:34 – take him Deu 31:20 – floweth Jos 5:6 – a land Jos 9:1 – Hittite Jdg 3:5 – Canaanites 1Ch 1:15 – Hivite 1Ch 11:4 – the inhabitants 1Ch 16:17 – an everlasting Neh 9:8 – the Canaanites Jer 32:22 – a land Lam 1:9 – behold Eze 20:6 – to bring Luk 1:68 – he 1Co 10:13 – who