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36He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
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Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: …
And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. …
Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-45)After the history of the patriarchs follows here the history of the people of Israel, when they grew into a nation. I. Their affliction in Egypt (Ps. 105:25): He turned the heart of the Egyptians, who had protected them, to hate them and deal subtilely with them. God’s goodness to his people exasperated the Egyptians against them; and, though their old antipathy to the Hebrews (which we read of Ge…
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