And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
14. will I judge ] Referring to the plagues of Egypt.
with great substance ] See Exo 12:35-36; Psa 105:37.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 14. And also that nation, &c.] How remarkably was this promise fulfilled, in the redemption of Israel from its bondage, in the plagues and destruction of the Egyptians, and in the immense wealth which the Israelites brought out of Egypt! Not a more circumstantial or literally fulfilled promise is to be found in the sacred writings.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
That nation whom they shall serve, i.e. Egypt, the principal seat of their servitude, and the instrument of their sorest bondage,
will I judge, i.e. punish, as that word is used, Psa 51:4; Oba 1:21, and elsewhere.
With great substance; the accomplishment of this, see Exo 3:22; 11:2; 12:35,37.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge,…. It is not said “the land” in which they were strangers, though God did judge, condemn, and punish the inhabitants of the land of Canaan, and drove them out of it, to make way for Israel; but the “nation” they should “serve”, meaning the Egyptians, to whom they became servants, and were very hardly and severely used by them; those the Lord threatens to enter into judgment with, and take vengeance upon them, as he did by inflicting the ten plagues on them, which brought them at last to be willing to let Israel go:
and afterward shall they come out with great substance; as they did after the four hundred years were ended, and after the Egyptian nation was judged and punished; then they came out of Egypt, with much gold, silver, jewels, and raiment, which they borrowed of the Egyptians, who were spoiled by them, though very justly; this being but a payment of them for the hard and long service with which they had served them; see the exact fulfilment of prophecy, Ex 11:2.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
14. Also that nations whom they serve. A consolation is now subjoined, in which this is the first thing, God testifies that he will be the vindicator of his people. Whence it follows, that he will take upon himself the care of the sa1vation of those whom he has embraced, and will not suffer them to be harassed by the ungodly and the wicked with impunity. And although he here expressly announces that he will take vengeance on the Egyptians; yet all the enemies of the Church are exposed to the same judgment: even as Moses in his song extends to all ages and nations the threat that the Lord will exact punishment for unjust persecutions. (377)
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Vengeance is mine, I, saith he, will repay,’ (Deu 32:35.)
Therefore, whenever we happen to be treated with inhumanity by tyrants, (which is very usual with the Church,) let this be our consolation, that after our faith shall be sufficiently proved by bearing the cross, God, at whose pleasure we are thus humbled, will himself be the Judge, who will repay to our enemies the due reward of the cruelty which they now exercise. Although they now exult with intoxicated joy, it will at length appear by the event itself, that our miseries are happy ones, but their triumphs wretched; because God, who cares for us, is their adversary. But let us remember that we must give place unto the wrath of God, as Paul exhorts, in order that we may not be hurried headlong to seek revenge. Place also must be given to hope, that it may sustain us when oppressed and groaning under the burden of evils. To judge the nation, means the same thing as to summon it to judgment, in order that God, when he has long reposed in silence, may openly manifest himself as the Judge.
(377) “ De justis persequutionibus.” Most probably a misprint for injustis; as both the Old French and English translations agree in rendering the word unjust.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(14) That nation.Had it been expressly revealed that the country that would afflict them was Egypt, the patriarchs might have been unwilling to go thither; but the reference to the plagues in the denunciation of judgment, and to the spoiling of the Egyptians in the promise that they should come out with great substance (Exo. 12:36), gave detail sufficient for future guidance, and for their assurance in time to come that the promise had been fulfilled.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
14. That nation will I judge As seen in the history of the plagues of Egypt. Come out with great substance See Exo 12:31-36.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 15:14. Will I judge Judge is a Hebraism for punish: 2Ch 20:12. Heb 13:4. It is also used in the contrary sense, of acquitting, rewarding, or redressing wrongs, when applied to the righteous, Psa 10:18. The reason is evident: God, the just Judge, when he tries both righteous and wicked, may properly be said to judge, either in the sense of condemning or acquitting, as his judgment is, and always must be, perfectly right.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Gen 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Ver. 14. Afterward shall they come out, &c. ] All the saints’ abasements are but in order to their advancement. As God brought forth his Israel with jewels, and other wealth; so the “afflicted” Church, and “tossed with tempest,” shall build her walls and “lay her foundations with sapphires and agates”. Isa 54:11-12 See Isa 62:3-4 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
judge. Put by Metonymy (of Cause), for punish.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
that: Gen 46:1-34, Exo 6:5, Exo 6:6, Exo 7:1 – Exo 14:31, Deu 4:20, Deu 6:22, Deu 7:18, Deu 7:19, Deu 11:2-4, Jos 24:4-7, Jos 24:17, 1Sa 12:8, Neh 9:9-11, Psa 51:4, Psa 78:43-51, Psa 105:27-37, Psa 135:9, Psa 135:14
with: Exo 3:21, Exo 3:22, Exo 12:35, Exo 12:36, Psa 105:37
Reciprocal: Gen 15:1 – Fear Gen 46:4 – and I will Gen 48:21 – God Gen 50:24 – you out Exo 2:24 – remembered Exo 3:8 – deliver Exo 3:17 – unto the land Exo 3:20 – after that Exo 11:1 – afterwards Psa 105:42 – For he Pro 8:21 – to inherit Eze 20:6 – to bring Eze 21:30 – I will Act 7:7 – the nation
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gen 15:14. That nation whom they shall serve, even the Egyptians, will I judge This points at the plagues of Egypt, by which God not only constrained the Egyptians to release Israel, but punished them for all the hardships they had put upon them. The punishing of persecutors is the judging of them; it is a righteous thing with God, and a particular act of justice, to recompense tribulation to those that trouble his people.