God’s sovereign and powerful hand is seen in the miracles of the plagues-ending with the plague of death of the firstborn and the institution of the first Passover-the deliverance of the Israelites, the parting of the Red Sea, and the destruction of the Egyptian army. It traces the events from the time Israel entered Egypt as guests of Joseph, who was powerful in Egypt, until they were eventually delivered from the cruel bondage of slavery into which they had been brought by ".a new king.which knew not Joseph" (Exodus 1:8).Ĭhapters 1-14 describe the conditions of oppression of the Jews under Pharaoh, the rise of Moses as their deliverer, the plagues God brought upon Egypt for the refusal of their leader to submit to Him, and the departure from Egypt. You shall have no other gods before me."Įxodus begins where Genesis leaves off as God deals with His chosen people, the Jews. So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them."Įxodus 12:27, "'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.' Then the people bowed down and worshiped."Įxodus 20:2-3, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. The purpose of the book may be expressed as tracing the rapid growth of Jacob’s descendants from Egypt to the establishment of the theocratic nation in their Promised Land.Įxodus 1:8, "Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt."Įxodus 2:24-25, "God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. In God’s timing, the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt marked the end of a period of oppression for Abraham’s descendants (Genesis 15:13), and the beginning of the fulfillment of the covenant promise to Abraham that his descendants would not only live in the Promised Land, but would also multiply and become a great nation (Genesis 12:1-3, 7). The Book of Exodus was written between 14 B.C.
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