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God's Miraculous Promise
The number 'six hundred thousand men,' implying a total population over two million, is presented by commentators not as a historical puzzle but as a stunning fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham. John Calvin emphasizes that this incredible growth was a supernatural work, designed to show God's unique power in creating and preserving His people, a truth that transcends purely natural explanations.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 12:37
18th Century
Theologian
Rameses - See (Exodus 1:11) note. Rameses was evidently the place of general rendezvous, well adapted for that purpose as the pr…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 12:37–41
19th Century
Bishop
THE DEPARTURE OF ISRAEL, THEIR NUMBERS, AND THE TIME OF THE EGYPTIAN SOJOURN.
The two principal statements of this passage …
John Calvin
On Exodus 12:37
16th Century
Theologian
And the children of Israel journeyed. It is probable that they were more widely dispersed, since that district could not have contained so…
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John Gill
On Exodus 12:37
17th Century
Pastor
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth ,
&c.] Rameses was a place in Goshen, or rather the lan…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 12:37–42
17th Century
Minister
The children of Israel set out without delay. A mixed multitude went with them. Some, perhaps, were willing to leave their country, devastated by p…