Today we begin Chapter One of Exodus. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. “These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.  The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph […]

Before we begin reading the first chapter of Exodus, there are three stereotypes I think we all hold about ancient Egypt that I would like to correct and have tossed into the waste bins of our minds. First, as slaves, the Israelites were NOT normally treated in a brutal manner To our way of thinking, […]

From the last chapter of Genesis to the first chapter of Exodus, there is an approximate 350 year period that is not accounted for in the Scriptures. In order to understand what happened during this period, we need to go to extra-biblical sources. The purpose of this post is to fill in the blanks for […]

I want to introduce a logical 6-part division for Exodus that will enable us to more effectively wrap our heads around this book from a structural standpoint. Keep in mind, however, that just as the division of our Bibles into 66 books (39 in the OT and 27 in the NT) was a man-made arbitrary […]

Okay we now begin our study of Exodus, one of the most exciting books in the Torah. While Genesis is considered to be the Book of Beginnings relating to us the story of how the universe and mankind began, Exodus is also a book of beginnings. It’s about the beginning of a nation of people […]