Every Israelite woman will ask for articles of silver and gold and fine clothing from her Egyptian neighbors and from the foreign women in their houses. You will dress your sons and daughters with these, stripping the Egyptians of their wealth.”

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Shall borrow - shall ask. The Egyptians had made the people serve with rigor, and the Israelites, when about to leave the …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Every woman shall borrow. —Rather, shall ask (αἰτήσει, Septuagint; postulabit, Vulgate). That there was…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

But every woman shall borrow.47 Those who consider these means of enriching the people to be little in accordance with the just…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that
sojourns in her house

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Moses' success with the elders of Israel would be good. God, who, by his grace, inclines the heart and opens the ear, could say beforehand, The…