Exodus 1:1–7
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
Between the last verse of Genesis and the first verse of Exodus, there is a gap of some four hundred years. Genesis ends with a coffin in Egypt, and Exodus begins with a list of names. For centuries, it appears that the grand story of redemption has been put on pause. We often experience the Christian life as a long obedience in the same direction, with long stretches of apparent silence. We see the coffin, we see the mundane list of names, and we wonder where the action is. But we must learn to read the Bible as God wrote it. We must learn to see His sovereign hand at work, not just in the dramatic Red Sea crossings, but in the quiet, unnoticed growth of a family tree. God's greatest works are often accomplished in the quietest ways.