Day 5 – Reading Exodus 1-15
- Egypt receives a new ruler generations after Joseph who does not know of Joseph.
- This new ruler works the Israelites hard and seeks to have their newborn boys killed.
Exodus 1:22 “Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: ‘Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.’”
- Pharaoh’s daughter found a child in the river bank, sought a Hebrew woman to nurse him (his own mother), and took him, Moses, as a son when he became older.
Exodus 2:10 “When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, ‘I drew him out of the water.’”
- Moses killed an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew. It became known to Pharaoh, and Moses fled.
- Moses helped water a flock at a distant well, stayed with the owner of the flock and received a wife.
Exodus 2:23-25 “During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.”
-God speaks to Moses through a burning bush telling him to go to Egypt to bring out the Israelites.
Exodus 3:19-22 “But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go. ‘And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed. Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.’”
- At Moses’ and Aaron’s arrival, Pharaoh increases the work the Israelites must complete, but God is still persistent with Moses telling him he will bring them out of Egypt.
Exodus 7:1-5 “Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. You are to say everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his country. But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and with mighty acts of judgment I will bring out my divisions, my people the Israelites. And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.’”
Exodus 8:22-23 “But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; … so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land. I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This miraculous sign will occur tomorrow.”
- The Lord performed many harsh miraculous signs against the Egyptians.
Exodus 12:12-14 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn—both men and animals—and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD -a lasting ordinance.”
- After life was taken from the firstborns of the Egyptian households and their flocks, Pharaoh finally let the Israelites free from the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:14-16 “In days to come, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in Egypt, both man and animal. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.' And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand."
Exodus 14:13-14 “Moses answered the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.’”
- The Egyptians went after the Israelites to the Red Sea, Moses raised his staff, the waters divided, and the Egyptians followed them on the dry land before the sea returned undivided. The Israelites made it through safely, but not one of the Egyptians survived because the waters came down upon them.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Day 4: Genesis 41-50
It is day four! The reading for today includes Genesis 41 to 50, which concludes our reading of Genesis! The reading covers Joseph’s interpretation of Pharaoh’s dreams of seven years of abundance followed by seven years of famine, Jacob’s sons travel to Egypt for food, but Joseph sends them with food asking them to bring their youngest brother (the brothers did not recognize Joseph), the brothers return with Benjamin and feast with Joseph, Joseph tells them who he is, the family of Joseph move closer during the famine into Egypt at Goshen, Israel (Jacob) blesses the sons of Joseph and all of his own sons, and both Jacob and Joseph die.
Genesis 41:39-40 “Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.’”
Genesis 41:55-57 “When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph and do what he tells you." When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt. And all the countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the world.”
Genesis 42:33-34 “Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, 'This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go. But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.'”
Genesis 43:15-16 “So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, ‘Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare dinner; they are to eat with me at noon.’”
Genesis 44:27-29 “Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons. One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since. If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.'”
Genesis 45:17-20 “Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘Tell your brothers, “Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan, and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.” You are also directed to tell them, “Do this: Take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come. Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.”’”
Genesis 46:2-6 “And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, ‘Jacob! Jacob!’ ‘Here I am,’ he replied. ‘I am God, the God of your father,’ he said. ‘Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes.’ Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.”
Genesis 47:20-24 “So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh's, and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other. However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land. Joseph said to the people, ‘Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground. But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.’”
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Genesis 41:39-40 “Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.’”
Genesis 41:55-57 “When all Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph and do what he tells you." When the famine had spread over the whole country, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians, for the famine was severe throughout Egypt. And all the countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the world.”
Genesis 42:33-34 “Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, 'This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go. But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.'”
Genesis 43:15-16 “So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, ‘Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare dinner; they are to eat with me at noon.’”
Genesis 44:27-29 “Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons. One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since. If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.'”
Genesis 45:17-20 “Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘Tell your brothers, “Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan, and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.” You are also directed to tell them, “Do this: Take some carts from Egypt for your children and your wives, and get your father and come. Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.”’”
Genesis 46:2-6 “And God spoke to Israel in a vision at night and said, ‘Jacob! Jacob!’ ‘Here I am,’ he replied. ‘I am God, the God of your father,’ he said. ‘Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. I will go down to Egypt with you, and I will surely bring you back again. And Joseph's own hand will close your eyes.’ Then Jacob left Beersheba, and Israel's sons took their father Jacob and their children and their wives in the carts that Pharaoh had sent to transport him. They also took with them their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan, and Jacob and all his offspring went to Egypt.”
Genesis 47:20-24 “So Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh. The Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields, because the famine was too severe for them. The land became Pharaoh's, and Joseph reduced the people to servitude, from one end of Egypt to the other. However, he did not buy the land of the priests, because they received a regular allotment from Pharaoh and had food enough from the allotment Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land. Joseph said to the people, ‘Now that I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you so you can plant the ground. But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.’”
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Day 3 of 90 day Bible challenge!
It is now day three with reading from Genesis 29 to 40! [I do realize I am getting these out a bit late, but I will get all caught up and perhaps ahead this weekend!] This section of chapters covers quite a bit of the stories of Jacob and the beginning of Joseph. It begins with Jacob and his earning of his two wives Leah and Rachel, and it continues with the birth of his children. Rachel’s first child is Joseph, and her second is Benjamin. The story of Jacob goes on with a lot of traveling, his meeting with his brother Esau, and again more travels as he returns to Bethel. Soon after, the deaths of Rachel and Isaac occur. It then turns toward Joseph to tell about his dreams of ruling over his brothers, his brothers’ plan to kill him, but then they sell him as a slave, and Joseph ends up in Egypt.
Genesis 32:20 “And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us … later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.’"
Genesis 34:25,31 After Dinah was raped: “Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male. … they replied, ‘Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?’”
Genesis 37:26-27 “Judah said to his brothers, ‘What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.’ His brothers agreed.”
Genesis 39:5 “From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph.”
Genesis 39:20-23 “Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.”
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Genesis 32:20 “And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us … later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.’"
Genesis 34:25,31 After Dinah was raped: “Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male. … they replied, ‘Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?’”
Genesis 37:26-27 “Judah said to his brothers, ‘What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.’ His brothers agreed.”
Genesis 39:5 “From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the LORD blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph.”
Genesis 39:20-23 “Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison, the LORD was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there. The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.”
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Day 2 of 90 day Bible challenge!
It is day two with reading from Genesis 17 to 28! How is the reading going? Are you using BibleGateway.com to listen along as you read, just as I am? The reading for today covers the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the birth of Isaac, Abraham’s sacrifice on the mountain of the Lord, the death of Sarah, the finding of Rebekah as a wife for Isaac, the death of Abraham, and Jacob’s deceit against his brother Esau.
Genesis 17:16 “I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.”
Genesis 18:14 “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”
Genesis 22:15-18 Abraham’s devotion and obedience to the Lord brings affirmed promise of many descendents.
Genesis 24:15 “Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder.”
Genesis 25:28 “Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.”
Genesis 25:31 “Jacob replied, ‘First sell me your birthright.’”
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Genesis 17:16 “I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her.”
Genesis 18:14 “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”
Genesis 22:15-18 Abraham’s devotion and obedience to the Lord brings affirmed promise of many descendents.
Genesis 24:15 “Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder.”
Genesis 25:28 “Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.”
Genesis 25:31 “Jacob replied, ‘First sell me your birthright.’”
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Beginning in the Pentateuch
Have you begun reading? The 90 day Bible challenge is in full swing. June 1st had an assignment of Genesis 1-16. It holds information on the creation of this world as being of God’s will, how man and woman were created in His image, their moral disobedience that resulted in the beginning of sin, how the consequences of sin are now among all peoples, and journeys into the lives of Noah through the flood and Abraham as he awaits a child.
Genesis 2:2-3 “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.”
Genesis 4:7 “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
Genesis 6:3 “Then the LORD said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.’”
Genesis 9:8-16 The rainbow as a reminder of the covenant God has with Noah; He will never again destroy life on Earth by use of a flood.
Genesis 15:1 “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Genesis 15:18 God’s promise of land to Abram for his descendants
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Genesis 2:2-3 “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.”
Genesis 4:7 “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
Genesis 6:3 “Then the LORD said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.’”
Genesis 9:8-16 The rainbow as a reminder of the covenant God has with Noah; He will never again destroy life on Earth by use of a flood.
Genesis 15:1 “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
Genesis 15:18 God’s promise of land to Abram for his descendants
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