George Leo Haydock

Afraid. St. Jerome, “in labour.” (Haydock) — Troubled. The dry land appearing, to let the Israelites pass. (Berthier) (Psalm cxiii. 3.) — St. Jerome and the Jews understand this of the storm of Sinai. But most people suppose that the catastrophe at the Red Sea is described, when Moses insinuates, that a dreadful tempest overwhelmed the Egyptians, as it is here specified. See Josephus, [Antiquities?] ii. 7. (Calmet)