Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
Study Helps
Interpretation
Sin dispirits men, and takes away the heart. Forgetfulness of God's works is the cause of disobedience to his laws.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.
- Zoan Place
- (Old Egypt. Sant= “stronghold,” the modern San). A city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, called by the Greeks Tanis. It was built seven years after Hebron in Palestine ( Num. 13:22 ).