LESSON 17 · EXODUS 1–2
God Prepares Israel
for Deliverance
Exodus 1:1 – 2:25
Exodus 1:1 – 2:25
"But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them."— Exodus 1:7 (ESV)
"Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. And he said to his people, 'Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.'"— Exodus 1:8–9 (ESV)
"But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field."— Exodus 1:12–14 (ESV)
"But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live."— Exodus 1:17 (ESV)
"When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank."— Exodus 2:3 (ESV)
"The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river… She saw the basket among the reeds and took it. When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby was crying. She took pity on him and said, 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.' Then his sister said, 'Shall I go and call you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?' And Pharaoh's daughter said, 'Go.'"— Exodus 2:5–8 (ESV)
"One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand."— Exodus 2:11–12 (ESV)
"The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and watered their flock."— Exodus 2:17 (ESV)
"She gave birth to a son, and he called his name Gershom, for he said, 'I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.'"— Exodus 2:22 (ESV)
"The people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help… And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel — and God knew."— Exodus 2:23–25 (ESV)
"Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."— John 8:34–36 (ESV)