Exodus 16

Exodus 16 Summary After a couple of months the Israelites started complaining again. This time they didn’t have enough food. So God has Moses and Aaron that he will provide bread for them, and test them, of course. He appears as a cloud as Aaron tells the people the instructions that they are to gather just …

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Exodus 3

Exodus 3 Summary Moses tended his father-in-law’s (Jethro’s) sheep near the mountain Horeb when he saw a bush of fire that didn’t burn. When he investigated he heard God’s voice telling him to free the Israelites from Egypt because he saw their suffering. They are to lie to Pharaoh about performing sacrificed to their God. After …

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Genesis 50

Genesis 50 Joseph has his father embalmed like an Egyption, asks the Pharaoh for his leave and takes Jacob to Canaan to bury him.  With him go dignitaries, his brothers and much of their households. His brothers were worried that Joseph would try to take revenge against them for being such assholes to him in the past. …

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Genesis 49

Genesis 49 Jacob, on his deathbed, gathered his 12 sons together to “bless” them.  I use quotes here, because some of the blessings didn’t seem like something you would want put upon you. Now, remember, these are the sons who wanted to kill one of their brothers and lie to their father about it, so maybe Joseph …

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Genesis 42

Genesis 42 Here it comes.  The whole build-up was for this. Back down on the farm, the famine was starting to hurt Jacob’s household. He sent 10 of the brothers to Egypt to buy grain, but kept the youngest, Benjamin, who was Joseph’s brother (I assume by the same mother, since they are all brothers by …

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