Ch. 1, 8:
"then a new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to power in Egypt."
- Exodus starts off in the time when Joseph and a couple of generations after him have already died.
- The New Pharaoh hates the Israelite people, believes that since they are multiplying like crazy that they will one day join his enemies and fight against him.
- so he decides to enslave them, to keep them as a rare minority, but instead of dying out, the Israelite people end up multiplying even more.
- 1st Question: Why would there be a Pharaoh who doesn't know the story of Joseph? Wouldn't the people remember him? He was pretty important; a foreigner, servant of a courtier, who ended up being an equal to the Pharaoh and still managed to help Egypt survive its years of famine. You would think that people knew their history and still favored what he did to their country.
- No written records? I don't really believe that.
Ch. 1, 14:
"hard work in mortar and brick"
- I just thought this was funny, since we still use this term today.
- Brick and mortar, was this the first time it was said or written down?
Ch. 1, 21:
"and because the midwives feared God, he built up families for them"
- Question: Does God want us to fear him? Why?
- Is it the fact that he is God and can do whatever he wants?
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