1 Samuel 2:27

A man of God came to Eli, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?

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WEBBE

A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?

BSB

Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?

KJV

And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?

ASV

And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt [in bondage] to Pharaoh’s house?

BBE

And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?

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וַיָּבֹא vai·ya·vo' and he came H935 אִישׁ־ 'ish- a man of H376 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him God H430 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 עֵלִי 'e·li Eli H5941 וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 אֵלָיו 'e·lav to him H413 כֹּה koh thus H3541 אָמַר 'a·mar he says H559 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 הֲנִגְלֹה ha·nig·loh ¿ really (to reveal) H1540 נִגְלֵיתִי nig·lei·ti did I reveal myself H1540 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 בֵּית beit [the] house of H1004 אָבִיךָ 'a·vi·kha ancestor your H1 בִּהְיוֹתָם bih·yo·tam when were they H1961 בְּמִצְרַיִם be·mitz·ra·yim in Egypt H4714 לְבֵית le·veit to [the] house of H1004 פַּרְעֹה par·'oh Pharaoh H6547

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 27–36

Those who allow their children in any evil way, and do not use their authority to restrain and punish them, in effect honour them more than God. Let Eli's example excite parents earnestly to strive against the beginnings of wickedness, and to train up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. In the midst of the sentence against the house of Eli, mercy is promised to Israel. God's work shall never fall to the ground for want of hands to carry it on. Christ is that merciful and faithful High Priest, whom God raised up when the Levitical priesthood was thrown off, who in all things did his Father's mind, and for whom God will build a sure house, build it on a rock, so that hell cannot prevail against it.

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EliPharaoh Egypt

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