Israel’s Captivity in Egypt – (approx. 1700 BC)

  • How did Israel become captive in Egypt? (Acts 7:9-19)

 

 

  • Why were they in Egypt initially? (Genesis 42:1-5, Genesis 45:5-8)

 

 

  • Why did the Egyptians begin to afflict them? (Exodus 1:7-10, Psalm 105:23-25)

 

 

  • How were they delivered from Egyptian bondage? (Acts 7:34-36, Psalm 105:26-37)

 

 

  • How long were the Israelites in Egypt? (Exodus 12:40-41)

 

 

  • What did their affliction in Egypt confirm? (Genesis 15:7-8, 13-14, Galatians 3:14-17)

 

 

  • Judah’s Captivity in Babylon – (approx. 605 BC)

 

 

  • How did Judah become captive in Babylon? (Jeremiah 1:14-15, 39:1-10)

 

 

  • Why did Judah become captive in Babylon? (Deut. 28:47-48, II Chronicles 36:14-20)

 

 

  • For how long was the captivity in Babylon? (Jeremiah 29:1-14, Jeremiah 25:11)

 

 

  • How were they delivered? (Ezra 1:1-4)

 

 

  • In Ezra 1:2, how did God “charge” Cyrus to build His house? (Isaiah 44:28, 45:1-4, 13)

 

Psalm 20:7 – Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.