26 So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
26 So he let him go: H7503 then she said, H559 A bloody H1818 husband H2860 thou art, because of the circumcision. H4139
26 So he let him alone. Then she said, A bridegroom of blood `art thou', because of the circumcision.
26 and He desisteth from him: then she said, `A bridegroom of blood,' in reference to the circumcision.
26 And he let him go. Then she said, A bloody husband -- because of the circumcision.
26 So he let him alone. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," because of the circumcision.
26 So he let him go. Then she said, You are a husband of blood because of the circumcision.
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Commentary on Exodus 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
This chapter,
Exd 4:1-9
It was a very great honour that Moses was called to when God commissioned him to bring Israel out of Egypt; yet he is with difficulty persuaded to accept the commission, and does it at last with great reluctance, which we should rather impute to a humble diffidence of himself and his own sufficiency than to any unbelieving distrust of God and his word and power. Note, Those whom God designs for preferment he clothes with humility; the most fit for service are the least forward.
Exd 4:10-17
Moses still continues backward to the service for which God had designed him, even to a fault; for now we can no longer impute it to his humility and modesty, but must own that here was too much of cowardice, slothfulness, and unbelief in it. Observe here,
Exd 4:18-23
Here,
Exd 4:24-31
Moses is here going to Egypt, and we are told,