The Globe-republican., 1894-05-11
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
International Leaso0 for May Is, 1904
lafAel IN E4ypt%Exo6iu 4: LA

Jsrael In Egypt Exodus I: Tia.
Especially Arranged from reloubet's Notes
GOLDEN TEXT Our help Is in the name of
the LorI-Ps. 124: g.
THE Book OF ExODCS-Excdus means de-
pa.ture. and the book is so named because the
exodus or departure OF the Israeli,es is its
main feature. For the author. date, etc, see
the Book OF Genesis, lesson 1. first quarter
TINE-The time Of this lesson extends from
the time Of Joseph. b C. 1855, TO the birth Of
Moses. b c. I5'I-6i years. according TO COM
mon chronology: or to b C. 1875. the date Of
Moses birth according to many others
PLACE Egyp. particularly the land Of
Goshen
ClAaoNoI oGY-There Is q general aSreemen.
81 the Biol e with the chronology derived from
the monuments But IL must be unSierst TODD
that all the dates applied TO the Egyptian dyn-
aSties are very uncertain and indefinite The
general order is clear. but the exact dates are
unknown The dates given in al tho best
books in Egypt are tentative only, and vary
greatly among themselves There is no Ger
tain chronology. in the Bible or in history. till
About Is c. l00
DURATION OF THE BONDAGE IN EGYPr-
We have TWO measures by which TO ascertain
ihe duration Of the bondage. The first is the
Tour hundred and eighty years OF l Kings 6:l.
second is the four hundred and thirty years OF
Ex- I::4o. and Gal 3:ls
w IL hlu-S c-l, II Is StatCu iQat the oCllU-
inS o: the temple. in the fourth year OF Solo,
Con was the four hundred and eich,ieth
year after the exodus. The fourth year o:
solomon was about d c. DE- Add the four
hundred and eighty years tleIving OF one year.
because neither tie fourth nor the four hundred
And eishiieth were full years, and have
Il. c. iioi Is the date of the exodus The bond
ACE is the preceding four hundred and
thirty years, extending from l. C. 1891 10 1871,
"a f',.a 70
enter upon The long. homeless period of himself
and descendants OF which two hundred and
hiteel years were spent in Egypt
~ In Ex- ls:io. II. and Gal 3:i1. the G---I-
tion OF the bondage is given as four ..lrcd
and thirty years. The common ch-o"ocs;, rs
We have seen. makes il extend frC:I the call of
Abraham 10 the cXodCS, oae-hiu OF il, or two
hundred AL lfteea Yeas, being srent IL
Egyp', and The other half in the wa2dcr:n : o;
Abraham. Isaac and Jacob. as pilgrims and
strangers In .Ivor OF this view. 1T Paul says
IL Gal S:i.. that fro:, the ooveuaa: tor call Of
with Abraham 10 the giving Of the law tiCss .baa
year after the exodus, Was four hundred and
thirty years. But in Gen l5:i3 IA. il is SAID
that they should De strangers in q strange
l11d, AID be afflicted four hundred
years. aad nearly the same is said in Ex.
l.:tL Bur, in very truth the children of Israel
were strangers in i strange land from the tine
that Abraham left his home for the promised
land. AID during that whole period OF four hu..-
G-eG and thirty years 10 the exodus thcy were
nowhere rulers in the land So IL Ex - 10
i. IS s.lil that the soiourn;ng ct TIE children
o: Israel. who dwc!t il Egypt. WAS four hun
drcd AMI thirty years. But il does not say that
the soiournin; was al in Egypt. but this people
who lived in Egypt had been soIourUcrS fOr
four hundred anu thirty years
On The other hand. many think that the four
hundred AMI thirty years were AL spent in
Egypt ard mus, date from Jacobs immigration
into Egypt This method nccessitates one OF
two changes. Either we mus, pu; the date o;
Jacobs coming 10 Egypt some two hundred
years earlier than the common chronology
1888 TO Il. C. 1897 which makes room for the
four hundred and eighty years but con.useS
the previous dates: or. starting with Il. c. 400,
the common date OF Jacobs immigration.
brings the exodus to a little beyond T. {. 1910.
In this case iherc must be some error in the
four hundred and eighty years OF Kings 6.I.
and great difficulty in the numbers given in
Judges. The principal reason for this view "a
that il gives abundan. time for the increase OF
the Israelite5 from sixty-eigtr men to the
60O.0J0 OF the exodus (see below in -
ISRAEL IN EGYPT.
The Immigrants Into Egypt.-Vs. l.
6. BY series of strange providences.
and for the purpose of developing and
training them into people who could
embOdy the kingdom of God on earth.
Jacob and his sons had come into
Egypt. The names are gwen here of
the heads of the tribes or families. 1t
is to be noticed that they came every
man and his household, which fact is
If some Importance in computing the
time needful for their increase to 6OO.-
900 men who went out from Egypt in
the exodus Mum. l:i6). a hint as To
the numbers of the households may be
gained from the fact that in Abraham's
household there were at least SIS men
who could bear arms Gen. II: ~.
1.-The servants were reckoned as part
of the household. and were admitted To
the covenant and recognized as Israel
ties Gen. Il: 21J. Todd. The seventy
souls are given in detail in Gen. 81. OF
these sixty-eight are men. Their wives
and daughters We're additional. This
fact also is to be taken into account in
the calculation in regard to the in
crease.
6. And Joseph died, l.. c. 1875. aged
one hundred and ten years. For sew
enteen years he lived at home. in Heb
ron: ten years he was slave in Egypt,
three years in prison, and eighty years
lie was rulerin Egypt. He lived 20 see
his great-grandchildren Gen. 50:23).
His body was embalmed, and kept in
Egypt till the Israelites went out a
great nation. when it was taken to the
land of Canaan and buried in Skechem,
near Mounts Ebal and Gerizim (Ex.
1870.
The Numbers Of the Israelites
the Israelites left Egypt
they numbered about 100000 men
Mum. l:iG). which implies popula-
ton of about two million. From Jacob
to Joshua was eleven generations. &C.
cording to Chron. :: 1927. The third
Ephrain, was born before
Jacob came to Egypt in 1906. For the
eight generations, very
simple calculation shows that if each
Of the fifty-five males Qeaving out ia
cob and his sons from the sixty-eight
male descendants at this time) SHOULD