“There’s a baby in that house and I think its a boy.” Then one night there is a knock on the door. And if the parents did not do that it would be up to the neighbors to take action themselves.Ī Hebrew boy is born, and word gets around the neighborhood. “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile…” When a Hebrew boy was born, the parents would be required to report the birth to the authorities who would then come and take the child away. Notice that the Pharaoh gave this order to “all his people.” He called on the people to ensure compliance. This was a despicable act of ethnic cleansing. Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile…” (Exo 1:22). But even then, God blessed His people and their number continued to grow. He feared the rapid growth of God’s people.
Joseph was loved in Egypt, and his extended family enjoyed the favor of the people.īut “ there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph” (Ex 1:8).
We saw last time that when God’s people arrived in Egypt, the smile of the culture was on them. They left Egypt as a great nation of around 2 million people! They came to Egypt as an extended family of just 70 people. In the generations that followed, God’s people grew rapidly. After two generations, there had not been much progress.īut Jacob fathered 12 sons, and then things really got going. Well Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac fathered Jacob and Esau. God had given an amazing promise to Abraham, 500 years before Moses was born saying, “I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore” (Gen 22:17). We are continuing our series “Living by Faith,” and today we come to the story of Moses.
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