Exodus - Lesson 1.....Israel’s Cry
Read Exodus chapter 1&2. What has changed since the last chapter of Genesis? (Ex 1:8-14) Why was Israel in Egypt? What was their condition? Ans: In Exodus 1:1-22 we see the dominant ethnic group, the Egyptians, take four increasingly radical steps to eliminate the threat of another ethnic group, Israel. Notice the threat in verses 8-9: “Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, ‘Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.’” Israel was different. They were not Egyptians. They didn’t really belong. They were ethnically and culturally and religiously alien to the Egyptians. And they were growing. That’s the threat. Now follow the four increasingly radical measures the king of Egypt took to eliminate this threat. Evidently they did not feel free to just outright kill the whole people like Hitler. The threat could be nullified more indirectly. How? 1. The Egyptians Enslaved Them (Exodus 1:1-12) First, the Egyptians ...