Little Egypt - Elvis Presley

Today is my 2nd class for The Book of Exodus.

 

Going through the chapter brings back some old familiar names, and here Im going to write it down so i could remember it better.

1. Abram with wife Sarai, later renamed by God to Abraham, which mean “the father of a multitude" & Sarah mean "princess', as part of a covenant from God. Sarah was barren for an unknown reason. She order her handmaid Hagar, to get pregnant for Abraham. Hagar's son named Ismael. 16 years later Sarah was blessed with a son, Issac. She gave birth to their son, Isaac, when Abraham was 100 years old. Due to some conflic between Sarah and Hagar, both Ismael and his mother were sent away by Abraham.
2. Isaac married Rebekah when he was 40 & gave birth to the first twin boys, Esau and Jacob. Isaac was 60 years old. Isaac favor Esau, Rebekah favor Jacob. Conflict happened between the twin brother for the birthright and Isaac's blessings when Jacob tricked his brother Esau. Esau sworn to kill Jacob after deceased of their father. Rebekah found out on this matter and convinced Isaac to send Jacob away to find a wife.
3. During his his journey, Jacob met Laban's younger daughter Rachel by the well and he loved her immediately. Laban agree to gave up Rachel if Jacob would work for him 7 years. When the time has come, Laban explain that in his country it was unheard of to give the younger daughter before the older, however he agreed to give Rachel in marriage as well if Jacob would take Leah, Laban's first daughter as wife, and serve him for another 7 years before his maridge to Rachel. After marrying Leah & Rachel, both wifes & their handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah gave birth to 12 children and Joseph is the first son of Jacob's love, Rachel. Rachel went into labor and died as she gave birth to her second son,Benjamin. 12 children were all born within 7 years.
4. Joseph was Rachel’s firstborn son, and loved the most by Jacob. Thus Joseph’s half brothers were jealous of him and they ridiculed him often specially when Joseph was blessed with special ability of dreaming. The jealousy of the half brothers were too strong and they ultimately sold him into slavery on a caravan headed for Egypt. Joseph's prophetically ability on dreaming lead Pharaohs trust him. He solved Pharaoh dreams for the up coming 7 years famine and prepared for the 7 years drought by storing enough foods. He was then renamed Zaphnath-Paaneah and was given Asenath, the daughter of Potipherah who was the priest of On, to be his wife. The seven year famine became so severe that toward the later period, people from all around the world come to buy food from Egypt, and which by this time, Jacod and his brothers too, eventually moved to Egypt.

The stories then begun from Egypt, when the Israelis multiply so fast and concerned the new raise Pharaoh. Then come the stories of how Moses save them from the evil tyrant and their journey back to the promised land.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love the book of Exodus!