Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 6:6
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
6. the burdens ] Exo 1:11, Exo 2:11, Exo 5:4-5.
rid ] an archaism for deliver (A.S. hreddan, to snatch away; Germ. retten, to deliver). So in AV. Gen 37:22, Psa 82:4 (RV. in both deliver); Psa 144:7; Psa 144:11 (RV. rescue); and in PBV. of the Psalms, Psa 18:49; Psa 71:1.
bondage ] Exo 2:23; rendered ‘service’ in Exo 1:14 (twice).
redeem ] The proper sense of the Heb. g’al is to resume a claim or right which has lapsed, to reclaim, re-vindicate: it is thus used Lev 25:25 ff. of the ‘redemption’ of a house or field, after it has been sold (cf. Jer 32:7-8), and in the expression, the ‘avenger ( g’l) of blood,’ properly the one who vindicates the rights of a murdered man: it is also often used metaphorically of deliverance from oppression, trouble, death, &c., as here, Exo 15:13, Gen 48:16, Hos 13:14, Psa 103:4, and especially in II Isaiah, of Yahweh’s reclaiming His people from exile in Babylon, Isa 41:14; Isa 43:1, &c. On the syn. pdh, see on Exo 13:13.
a stretched out arm ] not again till Deu 4:34. Six times in Dt. (usually with ‘a mighty hand’), and sometimes also besides. Cf. the verb in Exo 7:5; also Isa 5:25; Isa 9:12; Isa 9:17; Isa 9:21; Isa 10:4; Isa 14:26-27.
judgements ] Not the usual word. Exo 6:6; Exo 7:4; Exo 12:12, Num 33:4 in P; 10 times in Ez. (e.g. Exo 5:10; Exo 5:15); and twice besides.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
With a stretched out arm – The figure is common and quite intelligible; it may have struck Moses and the people the more forcibly since they were familiar with the hieroglyphic which represents might by two outstretched arms.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Exo 6:6-8
I will bring you out.
The guarantee
1. God is able to deliver His people.
2. God is able to lead His people.
3. God is able to bring His people home.
I. Redemption is possible, although the difficulties are great, because God is its Author. On the Divine side–
1. Satisfaction to the throne in the obedience of Christ; and on the human side–
2. The sanctification of man through the blood of Jesus.
II. The magnitude of redemption is less than the Divine resources. God is able to supply–
1. Strength;
2. Patience; and–
3. Preservation for the journey.
III. God can fulfil all prospective desires in heaven. (British Weekly.)
Israel and Pharaoh: types of the new and old man
I. Israels position in Egypt. One of great and increasing trial. Iron bondage, occasioned instrumentally by cruelty and jealousy of Pharaoh. Ordained of God to wean them from Egypt, and make them long for promised land.
II. The judgment on Egypt. Real contest between kingdom of light and kingdom of darkness. Satan has supernatural power; and in order to deceive Pharaoh, and harden his heart, he gave the magicians power, as far as he could (for there is a limit to his power), to work miracles of deception in imitation of miracles of truth. A miracle does not necessarily prove a man comes from God; but only that he is connected with some higher power–one of two kingdoms. It is the morality of the miracle, and the holiness of the doctrine it is meant to attest, that proves it to be from God.
III. The bearing of these on the Christians life. See Rom 7:9; Rom 7:24 : State of awakened soul; o]d man and new, with conflict between them; new man often oppressed, old man often dominant though under judgment. (G. Wagner.)
A stretched out arm
The significance of this figure, a stretched-out arm, must have been well understood by the Israelites. The deities of the Egyptians were represented with outstretched arms, as symbols of irresistible might. In the hieroglyphics which may yet be seen upon the obelisk at Heliopolis, and with which the Children of Israel must have been familiar, two outstretched arms occur as part of the title of one of the kings, Osirtasen Racheperka, with this meaning, Osirtasen, the sun, is might! Gods outstretched arm, therefore, is opposed to the kings; and He adds, I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burden of the Egyptians. Moses must also have bethought him of the promise made to him upon the mountains: See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: his outstretched arm was now endued with might; it was the instrument by which many of the plagues were brought upon the land, and by which at last Pharaoh and his host were overwhelmed. (T. S. Millington.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 6. Say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out, &c.] This confirms the explanation given of Ex 6:3, which See Clarke on Ex 6:3.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
With a stretched-out arm, i.e. my almighty power. A metaphor from a man that stretcheth out his arm, and puts forth all his strength to give the greater blow.
With great judgments, i.e. punishments justly inflicted upon them, as the word judging and judgments is oft used, as Gen 15:14; 2Ch 20:12; Pro 19:29.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord,…. Eternal in his being, immutable in his counsels, faithful to his covenant, and able to fulfil it;
and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians; which lay heavy on them, and made them sigh and groan:
and I will rid you out of their bondage; in which they were kept, and by which their lives were made bitter:
and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm; with an arm stretched out from heaven to earth, as Aben Ezra expresses it; even by the exertion of his almighty power, openly and manifestly displayed in the lighting down of his arm upon the enemies of his people, and in delivering them out of their hands:
and with great judgments; upon the Egyptians, by many and sore plagues and punishments inflicted on them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6) I will redeem you.The idea of God purchasing, or redeeming, Israel is here brought forward for the first time. Later on we learn that the redemption was accomplished in a twofold way(1) by the long series of wonders, culminating in the tenth plague, whereby they were taken out of Pharaohs hand, and ceased to be his slaves, becoming instead the servants of God; and (2) by being led through the Red Sea, and thus delivered, one and all, from impending death, and so purchased anew. (See Exo. 15:13-16.) The delivery from Pharaoh typified our deliverance from the power of Satan; the bringing forth from Egypt our deliverance from the power of sin.
With a stretched out arm.See the comment on Exo. 3:20.
Witn great judgments. That the wonders to be performed would also be judgments is here first declared plainly, though previously hinted at (Exo. 3:20; Exo. 4:23). In Genesis God had said that he would judge the nation which should afflict Israel (Gen. 15:14), but not that he would do so miraculously.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Observe how often in this verse the Lord confirms his promises by referring to himself; – I am the Lord: I will bring you out: I will rid you: I will redeem you! Lord give grace to our hearts to reply; so do Lord as thou hast said! Oh, for faith to believe in God! 1Jn 5:10-11 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
Ver. 6. And I will bring you out. ] A great deliverance; but nothing to that which Christ hath wrought for us from the tyranny of sin and terror of hell.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6) in verses: Exo 6:6-8, to emphasise every detail. Compare Deu 7:8.
I will. Note the sevenfold blessing in verses: Exo 6:6-8 and compare the sevenfold promise in Gen 12:2, Gen 12:3. See App-10. redeem. Hebrew. g’aal = to redeem (from charge, by payment). First occurance in connection with Israel. Not padah. See note on Exo 13:13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
redeem
Heb. “goel,” Redemp. (Kinsman type). See note, (See Scofield “Isa 59:20”)
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
I am the Lord: Exo 6:2, Exo 6:8, Exo 6:29, Eze 20:7-9
I will bring: Exo 3:17, Exo 7:4, Deu 26:8, Psa 81:6, Psa 136:11, Psa 136:12
redeem: Exo 15:13, Deu 4:23, Deu 7:8, Deu 15:15, 2Ki 17:36, 1Ch 17:21, Neh 1:10, Isa 9:12, Isa 9:17, Isa 9:21
Reciprocal: Gen 15:14 – that Exo 3:8 – deliver Exo 3:20 – stretch Exo 12:3 – Speak ye Exo 15:3 – name Lev 18:5 – I am the Lord Deu 4:34 – by a mighty Deu 9:28 – the land Jdg 12:6 – Shibboleth Psa 77:15 – with Psa 78:35 – their redeemer Jer 21:5 – with an Jer 32:21 – brought Jer 50:34 – Redeemer Eze 20:5 – In the Dan 9:15 – that hast Act 4:30 – By stretching Act 7:34 – I have seen