22. When he died (reAevrav). Comp. Gen. 1. 26, LXX. The verb means to finish or close, with life understood. Always in this sense in N. T. See Matt. ii. 19; ix. 18; L. vii. 2, etc. Never used by Paul. Rend. “ when near his end.”
Made mention of (aepi — éuvnucvevcev). See on ver. 15. A.V. has remembered in marg. Remembered is appropriate here. Joseph on his death-bed remembered the promise of God to give the land of Canaan to the seed of Abraham (Gen. xii. T; xiii. 15; xv. 7), and also the prediction to Abraham that his descendants should pass four hundred years in bondage in a strange land, and should afterward be brought out thence, Gen. xv. 13, 14.
The departing of the children of Israel (rs é&ddou Trav viov "Iopayr). ~“E€odos only here, L. ix. 31 (note) and
* A formidable mass of hermeneutic rubbish has accumulated about this passage: for instance, that the act of Jacob implied the worship of the staff ; or that the staff was Joseph’s, and that the patriarch paid formal reverence to the staff as a tribute to Joseph’s position, a view common among the Fathers ; or that worship was paid to some image or symbol of power on
the head of the staff, from which has been drawn the justification of image- worship.
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2 Pet.i. 15 (mote). “Ox vioi Iopanr is one of several phrases in N. T. denoting the chosen people. There are also house (olxos) and people (dads) of Israel, and Israel of God, and Israel according to the flesh.
And gave commandment («ai évere(Aato). Kal and so; in consequence of his remembering the prophecy of the exodus. The verb indicates a specifie injunction (évToAn). See on 1 Tim. vi. 14.
23. Of his parents (i760 trav matépwr aitod). Lit. by his Fathers. Comp. Ex. ii. 2. Iarépes fathers, according to a late Greek usage, is employed like yoveis parents. Similarly the Lat. patres and soceri, including both parents, or father and mother in law.
Proper (aoreiov). Only here and Acts vii. 20, on which see note. Rend. “comely.”
Commandment (édidtayya). N.T.°. Rend. ‘ mandate.”
24. When he was come to years (péyas yevouevos). Lit. having become great. Comp. LXX, Ex. ii. 11. Often in the phrase pxpol cal pweyddror small and great; young and old. See Acts xxvi. 22; Heb. viii. 11; Apoc. xi. 8; xiii. 16, etc.
25. To suffer affliction with (ovveaxovyeicba). N. T.°, - OLXX, Class. The verb xaxovyeiv to treat ill, ver. 387; ch; xii. 83 =LXX, 1K. ii: 26; xi. 39. Rend. “tobe. evil entreated.”
Than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season (# mpdc- xatpov yew auaptias arddavow). Lit. than to have temporary enjoyment of sin. The emphasis is first on temporary and then on sin. For dmddavows enjoyment, see on 1 Tim, vi. 17. TpdcKaipos for a season, temporary, rare in N.T, °LXX. Once in Paul, see 2 Cor. iv. 18.
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26. Esteeming the reproach of Christ (jynodapevos tov éverdicpov ToD Xpicrod). ‘The participle gives the reason for his choice of affliction instead of sin: since he esteemed. “The reproach of Christ” is the reproach peculiar to Christ ; such as he endured. The writer uses it as a current form of expression, colouring the story of Moses with a Christ- ian tinge. Comp. Rom. xv. 8; Heb. xiii. 18; 2 Cor. i. 5; Col. i. 24; Philip. iii. 14; 1 Pet. iv. 14. The phrase is applied to Moses as enduring at the hands of the Egyptians and of the rebellious Israelites the reproach which any faith- ful servant of God will endure, and which was endured in a notable way by Christ.
He had respect unto (améSrerev eis). N. T.°. Lit. he looked away (from the treasures of Egypt, etc.) unto the recompense.