Verses 1-7 - During more than 200 years, while Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived a liberty, the Hebrews increased slowly; only about seventy persons wen down into Egypt. There, in about the same number of years, though unde cruel bondage, they became a large nation. This wonderful increase wa according to the promise long before made unto the fathers. Though the performance of God's promises is sometimes slow, it is always sure.
