John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 1:5

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 1:5 - 1:5

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 1:5 - 1:5

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Exo_1:5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already].

Ver. 5. And all the souls.] That is, persons; for souls are not begotten, but infused, being divinae particulae aurae. {Ecc_12:7} Aristotle himself saw and acknowledged as much. {a}

Were seventy souls.] More worth than the seventy nations of the whole world, say the Jews: God reckons of men by their righteousness.

{a} ëåéðåôáé, ôïí íïõí ìïíïí èõñáèåí åðåéóôåíáé êáé èåéïí åéíáé . - De Gene. Ar., lib. ii. cap. 9.