John Gill Commentary Exodus 2:1

"And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi." — Exodus 2:1 (ASV)

Ver. 1. And there went a man of the house of Levi

This man Exodus 2:2

And the woman conceived, and bore 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.
• F26: Pirke Eliezer, ut supra. (c.48. fol. 57.2)