From Nave’s Topical Bible
Bondage
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 4Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Of Israelites in EgyptExodus 1:14Exodus 2:23Exodus 6:6
- In PERSIAEzra 9:9
- See Emancipation
- See Servant
The passages, in Bible order (4)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 1:14
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
Commentary on Exodus 1:142 voices
I have already lived through many paschs, which was the fruit of a long life. But now I desire a purer pasch: to depart from this Egypt, the heavy and dark Egypt of this life, and to be freed from the clay and bricks that held us in bondage and to pass over to the land of promise.
Gregory of Nazianzus· LETTER 120, 390Patristic
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 2:23
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
Commentary on Exodus 2:232 voices
Finally, the Hebrews who groaned in the labors of Egypt obtained the grace of the righteous. And because they ate bread in sorrow, they were given spiritual food. But the Egyptians, who celebrated such works with exultation, serving a detestable king, did not obtain any forgiveness.
Ambrose of Milan· On Paradise 15.75, 397Patristic
And it came to pass in process of time that the king of Egypt died,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 6:6
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
Commentary on Exodus 6:62 voices
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out, etc. - This confirms the explanation given of Exo 6:3, which see Clarkes note on Exo 6:3.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Ezra 9:9
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
Commentary on Ezra 9:92 voices
I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God--The burden of his prayer, which was dictated by a deep sense of the emergency, was that he was overwhelmed at the flagrant enormity of this sin, and the bold impiety of continuing in it after having, as a people, so recently experienced the heavy marks of the divine displeasure.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
For we were bondmen,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed