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Passed through (διέβησαν)
Only three times in N.T. See Luk 16:26; Act 16:9. The simple Βαίνην does not occur in N.T.
The Red Sea (τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν)
Called by the Israelites the sea, Exo 14:2, Exo 14:9, Exo 14:16, Exo 14:21, Exo 14:28, etc., and, specially, the sea of Suph (sedge, seeds). In lxx always as here except Jdg 11:16, where it is θάλασσα Σὶφ i.e. Suph. By the Greeks the name was at first applied to the whole ocean from the coast of Ethiopia to the island of Taprobana or Ceylon. Afterward, when they learned of the existence of an Indian Ocean, they applied the name merely to the sea below Arabia, and to the Arabian and Persian gulfs.
Which the Egyptians assaying to do (ἧς πεῖραν λαβόντες οἱ Αιγύπτιοι)
The A.V. has assaying, according to the older English usage. Assay is now chiefly used of the testing of precious metals; but in the sense of try it is found in Piers Ploughman, Gower, Chaucer, Shakespeare. Lit. of which (sea) the Egyptians having taken trial. The phrase πεῖραν λαμβάνειν to take trial occurs also in lxx, Deu 28:56. In N.T. only here and Heb 11:36.
Were drowned (κατεπόθησαν)
Lit. were drunk down. See on Mat 23:24. Comp. lxx, Exo 15:4, and in N.T. 1Co 15:54; 2Co 2:7; 2Co 5:4.