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Levitribe.-Exo2:1FatherofLevi-Jacob,mother-Leah,secondson.
SonsofLevi:-Exo6:16,18
3sonsofLevi-Gershon,Kohath,andMerari.
ThelifeofLevi137years.
ThesonofKohath–AmramKeyreference-Exodus6:20
NowAmramtookforhimselfJochebed,hisfather’ssister,aswife;andsheborehimAaronand
Moses.AndtheyearsofthelifeofAmramwereonehundredandthirty-seven.
Numbers26:59.ThenameofAmram'swifewasJochebedthedaughterofLevi,whowasbornto
LeviinEgypt;andtoAmramsheboreAaronandMosesandtheirsisterMiriam. Exo2:2,10
Shehidhimthreemonths,abeautifulchild.Bornunderslavery.
ThedaughterofKingPharaohtooktheboyashersonwhenhewas5yearsold(moreorless)and
shenamedhimMoses,anEgyptiannamewhichmeant'drawnoutofthewater'.
Acts7:20,21 v21.Pharaoh’sdaughtertookhimawayandbroughthimupasherownson.
Keyreference-Acts7:22AndMoseswaslearnedinallthewisdomoftheEgyptians,andwasmighty inwordsanddeeds.
ThetermPharaohmeant'King'or'Thegreathouse'.
ThekingPharaohandtheEgyptianswerepolytheisticinreligiousbeliefs.
BibleresearchersandscholarscommentthatGodthroughMosesplaguedthenationofEgyptwith
tenplaguestoutterlydefeattheir10primedeitiesandexhibitedhispower.
ThePrimegodofEgyptwasRa.ThekingwasthesonofRa.Sohewasconsideredasanequalwith
god.Afterhisdemisehewouldbecomeagod.ThegodofthedeadwasOsiris.Thekingwould
becomeequaltoOsirisafterhisdeath.Thecrownofthekinghadacobrasculptedonitwhichwas
protectedhim.ThatiswhyMoseshatedbeinginthepalaceandbeingthesonofPharaoh'sdaughter.
SocialStructure-
1.King
2.NoblesandPriests
3.Army
4.Scribes
5.Merchants
6.Artisans
7.Agriculturalist
8.Slavesandservants
Socialdistance-Gen43:32,.Gen46:33,34
Sociallife-Gen12TheprinceofPharaohtookAbraham'swife.BC1970
Gen39-Potiphar'swifeseducedandlustedafterJoseph.BC1796
Socialentertainment-merrylovers,drunkenness,revelry,feast,dance(bellydance),music.
EducationStructure
Egyptianlanguage–HIEROGLYPH
Reading,Writing,Arithmetic,Geometry,Geography,Astronomy,Medicine,History,Music,Science.
RitualsandLocation.
ThelandofEgyptislocatedbetweenNorthEastAfricaandSouthWestAsia,besidethe
Mediterraneansea.Itisinfluencedbyallissurroundingnationsandisanimportantnationamong them.
Thethreeancientcivilizations:
1.Mesopotamiancivilization` 2.Egyptiancivilization 3.Canaancivilisation
Theywereancient,culturedandcivilizedempiresinwhichEgypthaditsmajorcontribution.
They(Egypt)pioneeredtheuseofhorsesandchariotsindefenceandwarfareinBC2500.
Theinventedthepapyrusasawritingmaterial.
BC1800-Theywereadvancedinmedicalandsurgery. BC1500-TheyinventedtheSundial.
TheEgyptianswerebenefittedbytheNileRiver,1300kmlongwhichpassedthroughtheirregion
andutiliseditforagriculture.Thustheyalsoadvancedintheagriculturaldepartment.
150kmawaywasavalleywherecertainnumberofEgyptianslivedwhohadbusinessrelationswith
PalestineandtheSyriawhichwerecloselysituatedtoit.
ForyourinformationJosephbeingwarnedbyanangelfledfromHerodwithhiswifeMaryandhisson
JesusfromJerusalemtoEgypt.
DecisionofMoses.
Hebrew11:23-26 v23.Byfaith,hisparentstookcareofhimandhandedhimovertothedaughterofPharaoh.
v24.ByfaithMosesrefusedtobecalledthesonofPharaoh’sdaughter.
v25.ByfaithMoseschosetosufferafflictionforGodX.Pleasuresofsin
v26.ByfaithheesteemedthereproachofChristX.TreasuresinEgypt
Acts7:23.Whenhewas40yearsoldhefledfromEgypt.
TheEnd.