Exodus 1 - The Israelites Multiply in Egypt | Bible Podcast, David Alley, Peace Christian Church
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Show Notes
In this video listen to Exodus 1 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer.
In Exodus 1 a new king arises in Egypt. The kings were called Pharaohs. Egyptian chronology is very confusing and the world’s leading Egyptologists even among themselves have differing chronologies. There are possibly 30 dynasties, some which overlap. See this for a sense of the complexity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasties_of_ancient_Egypt#:~:text=In%20ancient%20Egyptian%20history%2C%20dynasties,%22%20and%20%22intermediate%20periods%22
The Bible doesn’t say which Pharaoh we are talking of here. The National Geographic and some other non-biblically-leaning experts think Rameses II was Pharaoh during the actual Exodus, which would mean that Seti was Pharaoh when Moses was born. Some Christian Egyptologists disagree with these names and place it in another dynasty altogether. For example Dr David Downs thinks the Pharaoh at the time of the Exodus was Khasekemre-Neferhotep.
No one is entirely certain, but the Bible is itself an incredibly old document and is the provision of huge evidence for Moses and these events to follow. More importantly, Jesus believed in Moses and made many comments about the law of Moses. Indeed Christ is in the law himself, and he said he had come to fulfil the law and the prophets.
The chapter then talks about the midwives who lied to save the lives of Hebrew boys. Boys were drowned in the Nile, but girls were saved. The Bible says they feared God, indicating there are a few limited occasions when being sneaky is allowed because we fear God. The hiding of Jews in World War 2 by the Ten Boom family is a modern day example of this.