From 91d123d46990ccce646ac150c827dfa595992a0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SusanQuigley Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 20:24:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 63 Exo 1 Intro delete section? Deleted the speculative section about God punishing the Hebrews for not leaving Egypt sooner. --- exo/01/intro.md | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/exo/01/intro.md b/exo/01/intro.md index e28ea44383..eacfc1f2bf 100644 --- a/exo/01/intro.md +++ b/exo/01/intro.md @@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ This chapter is intended to form a smooth transition with the last chapter of th ### Special concepts in this chapter #### Israel's growth -Israel grew in number. This was in fulfillment of the covenant God made with Abraham. It also caused the Egyptians great concern that there would be more Israelites than Egyptians because they would be unable to defend themselves against such a large number of people. Pharaoh also tried to kill all of the male babies so they would not become soldiers who fought against him. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fulfill]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]) - -#### End of the famine -It is obvious that some time has passed since the beginning of the famine which brought the Israelites into Egypt. Yahweh appears to be punishing the Hebrews for not returning back to the Promised Land instead choosing to stay in Egypt. No return attempt is recorded to have been made. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promisedland]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) +Many years had passed since the famine that caused the Israelites to go to Egypt, and the number of Israelites had grown greatly. This was in fulfillment of the covenant God made with Abraham. It also caused the Egyptians great concern that there would be more Israelites than Egyptians because they would be unable to defend themselves against such a large number of people. Pharaoh also tried to kill all of the male babies so they would not become soldiers who would fight against him. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fulfill]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]) ### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter