And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
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Gill's Exposition
And seeing one of them suffer wrong,.... Beza's Cambridge copy, and one of Stephens's, and one in the Bodleian library add, "of his own kindred": and so Exo 2:11 he is said to be "one of his…
Barnes' Notes
Suffer wrong - The wrong or injury was, that the Egyptian was smiting the Hebrew, Exo 2:11-12. Smote the Egyptian - He slew him, and buried him in the sand,
Adam Clarke
Smote the Egyptian - See this explained, Exo 2:11, Exo 2:12 (note).
Stephen here goes on to relate,
I. The wonderful increase of the people of Israel in Egypt; it was by a wonder of providence that in a little time they advanced from a family into a nation. 1. It was…
Cambridge Bible
and smote the Egyptian i.e. killed him. See Exo 2:12.