Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 12:8
When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
8. When Jacob, &c.] The additions of the Sept. seem necessary to complete the sense. It reads, “When Jacob and his sons were come into Egypt, and the Egyptians oppressed them, your fathers cried,” &c. Cp. Exo 2:23-25.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
1Sa 12:8
Which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt.
Gods leading
A child might say to a geographer: You talk about the earth being round! Look on this great crag; look on that deep dell; look on yonder great mountain, and the valley at its feet, and yet you talk about the earth being round. The geographers view is comprehensive; he does not look at the surface of the world in mere detail; he does not deal with inches and feet and yards; he sees a larger world than the child has had time to grasp. And so it is with Gods wonderful dealings with us: there are great rocks and barren deserts, deep, dank, dark pits and defiles, and glens and dells, rugged places that we cannot smooth over at all, and yet when He comes to say to us at the end of the journey, Now, look back; there is the way that I have brought you, we shall be enabled to say, Thou hast gone before us, and made our way straight.
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 8. The Lord sent Moses and Aaron] He shows them that through all their history God had ever raised them up deliverers, when their necessities required such interference.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
In this land; in which Moses and Aaron are said to settle them; partly, because they brought them into and seated them in part of it, to wit, that without Jordan; partly, because they were, under God, the principal authors of their entering into the land of Canaan; inasmuch as they brought them out of Egypt, conducted them through the wilderness, and there by their prayers to God, and counsel to them, preserved them from utter ruin, and gave command and direction from God for the distribution of the land among them, and encouraged them to enter into it by promises and assurances of success; and lastly, Moses substituted Joshua in his stead, and commanded him to carry them thither, and seat them there, which also he did.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
When Jacob was come into Egypt,…. With his family to see his son Joseph, and dwelt there; or rather the posterity of Jacob are meant, who settled in Egypt, and continued there many years, and at length were oppressed by the Egyptians, and brought into hard bondage:
and your fathers cried unto the Lord; by reason of their bondage, for help and deliverance:
then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt; after various messages carried by them from the Lord to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and after many signs and wonders wrought by them, by which the heart of that king was at last brought to consent to their dismission:
and made them dwell in this place; the land of Canaan; they conducted them through the Red sea, guided them through the wilderness, and accompanied them, especially Moses, to the borders of the land of Canaan; for neither of them went into it, but died before the people’s entrance there. Joshua, the successor of Moses, of whom Samuel makes no mention, introduced Israel into it, conquered the land for them, and settled them in it; though Moses and Aaron, as they were the instruments of bringing them out of Egypt, were the cause, by conducting them through the wilderness, and by their prayers, counsels, and instructions, of their entrance into and settlement in it: besides, Moses appointed Joshua in his stead, and ordered him to lead the people there, and directed to the division of the land among them, yea, two tribes and an half were settled by him on the other side Jordan; the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read in the singular number, “he made them dwell, that is, the Lord”.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(8) When Jacob was come into Egypt.Now, in order, Samuel rehearses the deeds of loving-kindness done for Israel by this Eternal King. And first he mentions the wonders of the Exodus, and how, under that Divine guidance, they were guided through so many dangers safe into the land of Canaan, this place.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(8) When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. (9) And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. (10) And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. (11) And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. (12) And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. (13) Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. (14) If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: (15) But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
These verses form the great outlines of Israel’s history, from the deliverance out of Egypt, to the hour of Samuel’s address on this occasion. The design of this discourse was, to show God’s unceasing goodness, and Israel’s continual disobedience. I detain the reader just to remark, that the Bedan here noticed in Samuel’s discourse, is not mentioned before in the history of Israel. It should seem from his being placed, in the relation, between Jerubbual and Jephthah, that it must have been some one of Israel’s deliverers, who lived between the periods of these men. Some have thought it was Jair. See Jdg 10:3 . But we may, at least, derive this instruction from the silence, which the Holy Ghost hath been pleased to observe, respecting this man, that many precious servants of the Lord, no doubt, will be found at the last day, whose memories have not been recorded with public notice. Many a sweet flower blooms, and sheds its fragrance on the mountain, unnoticed by every eye, but His, by whom it is formed.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Sa 12:8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
Ver. 8. Where Jacob was come into Egypt. ] When that “Syrian ready to perish went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.” Deu 26:5-9
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Jacob. Compare Gen 46:6, Gen 46:6.
sent. Compare Exo 4:16.
made = He caused. So Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jacob: Gen 46:5-7, Num 20:15, Act 7:15
cried: Exo 2:23, Exo 2:24, Exo 3:9
sent Moses: 1Sa 12:6, Exo 3:10, Exo 4:14-16, Exo 4:27-31, Exo 6:26
brought: Exo 12:51, Exo 14:30, Exo 14:31
made them: Jos 1:2-4, Jos 1:6, Jos 3:10-13, Psa 44:1-3, Psa 78:54, Psa 78:55, Psa 105:44
Reciprocal: Gen 15:14 – that Gen 46:6 – into Egypt Num 33:1 – under the hand Jdg 10:11 – Egyptians Hos 12:13 – General Act 7:35 – a ruler
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 12:8. Made them dwell in this place In this land: in which Moses and Aaron are said to settle them; because they brought them into, and seated them in part of it, that without Jordan; because they were, under God, the principal authors of their entering into the land of Canaan; inasmuch as they brought them out of Egypt, conducted them through the wilderness, and there, by their prayers to God, and counsels to them, preserved them from ruin, and gave command from God for the distribution of the land among them, and encouraged them to enter into it. And, lastly, Moses substituted Joshua in his stead, and commanded him to seat them there, which he did.