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ISRAEL ENSLAVED
in EGYPT
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LESSON TEXr-Esodus ii-A Mem
or verses ~ a.
GOLDEN TEXT Then they cried IN
70 the Lord in their tro-hie. and De saved
them out OF their dislresses Psalm
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TIME-Accorfing % Ussher's chron-
ology Jacob went down into Egypt about
/ IT, h a.. and the solourn In Egypt was
| FOR 2l5 or ~ years from that time For
I the length 81 captivity see Cen. o. i1 IA
\ TX y s Kings ST. Gal 5.ll.
/ RULEItS-It Is quite generally agreed
/ BY scholars that the Pharaoh - the
oppression was Rameses H.. and tho
/ Pharaoh of the Exodus his son. Menepa-
/ tai
Comment snc Suggestive Thought
Tire Chosen Famiiy.-Ns. Is. The
I first seven verses are Introductory TO
the whole book In accordance with
the almost inyariable custom Of the
writer. there Is first a brief recapitu-
lation OF preceding events. and then a
statement Of the actual condition Of
affairs Joseph Parker.
Y. l. These are the names" The
II sons Of Jacob only are given. The
heads Of the families OF clans Every
man and his household The house
hold according TO the Hebrew idea.
included not merely wife and children.
but men-servants and maid servants.
dependents and retainers. even hire
iings who might quit the service and
90 elsewhere when il pleased them
-Rawlinson How numerous these
households We're can be surmised from
the fact that Abraham could muster
3iS armed men % rescue Lot Gen
I4:ll. Isaac was mightier than some
OF the neighboring kings Gen. 26:l6J.
Esau and Jacob had 20 separate be-
cause their followers were 50 numer-
Gus tGen. 36-6 ~.
W And all were 20 souls"
The list is given in Genesis IS. where
two women are Included Dinah ia
cobs daughter. and Serah. a grand
daughter Perhaps as Canon Cook
suggests. these were named because
they remained unmarried Dean
Payne Smith hampton Lcctaresl esti-
mates that altogether. with their
, households and retainers. they mum
bered 5000 souls THAT SO large a
body should be favoraby received need
not excite surprise
The Reasons for Renoval.-"There
| was need for Jacobs family being re
| moved from Canaan. as some OF them
were becoming much tainted with the
idolatry and pollution prevalent there.
IL Egypt. on the whole, life was purer.
Then there was a risk % their ANAL
yamating by marriage with the doomed
Canaanltes. but the Egyptians we're
so different a race that there was no
such risk with them. To be among the
Egyptians would also be a benefit "a
them in other ways for they would
learn much from a people SO skilled in
all the arts Of life and so superior in
civilization --Blaikie. Even the az
fiictions they were to suffer there we're
not the least OF their gains from the
stay in Egypt as We shall see.
A Period Of Prosperity.-vs. 6. Z. /,
was a wise providence Of God that in
troduced the period OF bondage in
Egypt with a period Of liberty and
prosperity. otherwise. the Hebrews
would not have remained in Egypt
after the end OF the famine
A Periot Of Adversity.-Ns. STA.
The period Of prosperity through
which the Israelites passed was from
Jehovah. but so. no less certainly.
was the period Of adversely which fol-
lowed as soon as they were strong
enough 10 endure IT, Both were parts
OF Gods great process Of development
and training
/ Ranieses a.. as a 6uilder.--This
. king was the most enterprising builder
! OF all the Pharaohs. and that means
Z the sacrifice Of tens Of thousands of
lives He bulls temples and reared
) / monoliths and colossal statues. His
; temples were approached through long
? avenues Of sphinNes- Out % the solid
! rock at Ipsambul he hewed two spa
r cious subterranean temples. and set
: up at their doors four human figures
90 feet high Among his public works
WAS a chain Of fortidcations along the
entire northea.tern frontier Of Egypt.
| for 100 miles by his command in
! mense bikes were built on the lower
Nile and in the Delta. Canals were
dug and cities were built Prof. +. p.
Humphrey.
D The Climax o. cruelty.-Ex 1.15-22-
! When Pharaoh found the lsraelites
nourshing even under this terrible op-
1 preston. he resorted to measures still
more severe. ordering the destruction
OF their male infants as soon as they
| were born. The females would be
| harmless. and would prove valuable
| slaves. "A similar policy was pursued
| by the Lacedemonians toward the
| helots. BY Mithridates toward his Ro-
' nan subjects. and by the Caliph.
: Hakem. toward the Egyptians. p.
Johnson When the official midwives
evaded the kings command. by a re-
hnemen. % cruelty 20 which the Hercd
/. OF the future was not equai. ne re-
. luirei parents 20 execute the sentence
u death on their own children -
humphrey This was indeed the eli
I, max Of afliction.
Practical Points.
Prosperity Is a great teacher" said
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