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Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
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God's Public Power
Commentators explain that "the field of Zoan" refers to Tanis, a major city and likely the capital of Egypt at the time. This detail emphasizes that God's "marvellous things" were not done in secret. They were public displays of His supreme power, performed openly in the sight of Israel's fathers and their Egyptian oppressors, right in the enemy's center of power.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers—Things suited to excite wonder and astonishment. Such were all the miracles …
19th Century
Anglican
Field of Zoan. —See Numbers 13:22. It is the classical “Tanis,” merely a corruption of Tsoan, i.e., low country (Septuagi…
Baptist
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; and forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. Marvellous th…
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16th Century
Protestant
He wrought marvellously in the sight of their fathers. The Psalmist is still to be understood as condemning the descendants of the Israeli…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers The Targum is, "before Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the tri…
Sin dispirits people and takes away their courage. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to His laws. This narrative relates a …
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