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The same dealt slyly with our race, and mistreated our fathers, that they should throw out their babies, so that they wouldn`t stay alive.
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Evil's Cunning Deception
Commentators highlight that Pharaoh's oppression wasn't just brutal, but "crafty" and "subtle." He used deceit and plausible excuses to justify his cruelty, a common tactic of tyranny. His ultimate goal was genocidal—to prevent the Israelite people from continuing by ordering the death of their male infants. This reveals how evil often operates through manipulation, not just overt force.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Dealt subtilly. He acted deceitfully; he used fraud. The cunning or deceitful attempt which is referred to is his endeavor to weaken and d…
Dealt subtilly (κατασοφισαμενος). First aorist middle participle of κατασοφιζομα, late compound (κατα and σοφιζω, old verb, to mak…
19th Century
Anglican
So that they cast out their young children.—Literally, to make their children cast out so that they would not be kept alive.
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Baptist
In the darkest night of Israel's bondage in Egypt, her star of hope arose: Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; or, as the margin has i…
Still on the subject of “the land,” Stephen recounts the life of Moses. Incorporated into this section, largely by way of anticipation, is a Mosesr…
16th Century
Protestant
Dealt subtilly. The old interpreter did not translate this wrongly, meaning to deceive. For Stephen means that the king of Egypt …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred See (Exodus 1:10) he took crafty, and yet cruel methods, to dim…
Let us not be discouraged at the slowness of the fulfillment of God's promises. Suffering times are often growing times for the church. God is prep…
