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    Arm Wrestling With Pharaoh
    Arm Wrestling With Pharaoh
    Arm Wrestling With Pharaoh
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    Arm Wrestling With Pharaoh

    By SueAnn Porter

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    Do you ever feel like you take one step forward, but then two steps backward? While we are reaching for our goals and dreams, a struggle exists behind the scenes. This book looks at the biblical story of Moses and Pharaoh and examines the obstacles and reminds us not to quit because the Red Sea will finally part.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateFeb 8, 2017
    ISBN9781483593913
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      Arm Wrestling With Pharaoh - SueAnn Porter

      Exodus.

      Chapter 1 – The Name Game, History, brick by brick

      For Exodus Chapter 1-15, my comments are in bold text.

      Exodus Chapter 1

      All of God’s Word exists for a purpose. Although we tend to skip over large and unpronounceable names, genealogy is important. These particular names are the men who fathered the tribes of Israel. They were Jacob’s children.

      1 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

      2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

      3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

      4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

      Jacob means heel holder or supplanter which means to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery. God changed his name to Israel, which means God prevails.

      Each of Jacob’s son’s names has an important meaning:

      Reuben, the son of God’s gracious regard; behold a son

      Simeon, God hears and answers prayer

      Levi, the bond and joining between wife and husband

      Judah, God is praised

      Issachar, the son given as a reward

      Zebulon, he who will make the husband and wife dwell together, habitation

      Benjamin, son of my strength, literally son of my right hand

      Dan, a judge (to judge as an umpire)

      Naphtali, one wrestled for, struggle

      Gad, to overcome

      Asher, the happy one, to be blessed

      It’s worth getting out Mr. Strong’s concordance and looking up the meaning of the names, to slow down and think about them. The names give a larger picture of God’s attributes and His intertwining with mankind.

      5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.

      Joseph had brought his family to Egypt during a great famine that occurred over 400 years before. Joseph was in charge of the food supply. His family and their children lived in Goshen.

      6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

      Joseph’s generation had lived and had many more children, and multiplied and died in Egypt.

      7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

      8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

      A new Pharaoh rose up who did not know the story of Joseph. He did not know that Joseph had saved Egypt from starving during the famine. He didn’t know that he wouldn’t even be alive if it hadn’t been for Joseph’s help in saving his ancestors.

      9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:

      10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falls out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

      Enter stage left: FEAR. The Pharaoh saw that there were more Israelites than Egyptians, and immediately began to worry about things that could happen in the future. So to prevent his worse fear from happening, he plans to take matters into his own hands. (We never do that, do we?!)

      He was afraid that the great numbers of people would overthrow his government; this would mean taking away his money, his lifestyle, his position, his power, his identity.

      11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.

      Treasure cities were places to store provisions and weapons. In case of attack from enemies, food and weapons were available at strategic places.

      12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

      The Egyptians were worried because of the amount of people.

      13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:

      14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.

      The children of Israel became slaves of the Egyptians. They were forced to make bricks and build Egyptian cities. It was cruel, hard labor.

      15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other

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