Day 28

IV From the Patriarchs to the Exodus - 1606 - 1462 B.C.

A. Population grows exceedingly - Genesis 47:27; Exodus 1:7

Egypt is the world power - C 1600 - 1200 B.C.

1. Birth of Tahan (Ephraim to Joshua lineage)
2. Birth of Jochebed
3. Death of Levi (137 years)
B. Egyptian bondage and oppression increases - Exodus 1:8-14
C. Various biographical happenings - 1. Birth of Laadan (Ephraim to Joshua lineage)
2. Birth of Amminadad (38th gen)
3. Moses' parents marriage - Numbers 26:59; Exodus 6:20
4. Growth of Israelites - Exodus 1:15-20
5. Death of Kohath (133 years) (son of Levi)
6. Birth of Ammihud (Ephraim to Joshua lineage)
D. Moses' early days
1. Birth of Miriam
2. Birth of Aaron - 1 Chronicles 23:13
3. Baby boys' death decree enforced - Exodus 1:21-22
4. Birth of Moses (hidden Mar-May 1543) - Exodus 2:1-4
5. Discovered by royalty - Exodus 2;5-9
6. Childhood in palace - Exodus 2:10
7. Birth of Elishama (Joshua's grandfather)
8. Birth of Nahshon (37th gen)
9. Aaron's family - Exodus 6:23; Numbers 26:60; 1 Chronicles 6:49
10. Birth of Non (Joshua's father)
11. Moses slays Egyptian - Exodus 2:11-15
12. Enslavement - Exodus 2:23-25
13. Moses Flees to Midian - Exodus 2:16-20
14. Moses marries Zipporah - Exodus 2:21-22
15. Birth of Caleb (Joshe 14;7)
16. Sons of Moses - 1 Chronicles 23:14-15
17. Birth of Eleazar (Aaron's son)
18. Death of Amram (Moses' father) (137 years)
19. Birth of Joshua
20. Birth of Phinehas - Exodus 6:25
E. Moses' commission
1. Burning bush call - Exodus 3:1-22

You aren't really expecting me to type in anything else as this point, right?

A few brief highlights - in Exodus 1 there is concern about the children of Israel becoming mightier...I found this interesting because...the majority of the people were not mixed with the Egyptians.  They had kept themselves separate.

Wondered what the name Jochebed (Moses' mama) means:

H3115 - From H3068 contracted and H3513; Jehovah-gloried; Jokebed, the mother of Moses.

Wondered when Pharaoh 'charged his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.' did he mean all the people or just the people of Israel?

Gill to the rescue:

saying, every son that is born ye shall cast into the river; the river Nile; not every son born in his kingdom, for this would have ruined it in time; but that was born to the Jews, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; and it is added in the Septuagint version, to the Hebrews:

Wondered how long Jochebed was able to nurse Moses before she had to hand him over.  I am amazed at some of the rabbit trails I follow to find answers to my questions.  It would seem that between 2 to 3 years of age a child was weaned in the mid-east cultures.