Purpose:
Records Israel's deliverance for Egypt and their development as a nation.
Author:
Moses
Original Audience:
The people of Israel
Date Written:
Between 1450 - 1410 B.C.
Key Verses: Exodus
Chapter 3:7
"And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;"
Chapter 3:10
"Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt."
Key People: Moses, Miriam, Pharaoh. Pharaoh's Daughter, Jethro, Aaron, Joshua, Bezalel