This Moses and This Aaron

Exodus 6:13-30 At the beginning of the book of Exodus, we reviewed the members of Jacob’s family that moved to Egypt. They moved to Egypt because of widespread famine. Years before anyone knew the famine was coming, God sent Joseph to Egypt ahead of his family to prepare the way. This sounds nice, but in reality, it was a horrible ordeal. Joseph’s brothers hated him and sold him as a slave. Joseph spent years as a slave and then as a prisoner. As harsh as life was for Joseph, God was preparing him to fulfill a great role. Let’s review where Joseph was in the family. Joseph was number eleven out of 12. This simple statement misses the fact that he was his father’s favorite and was treated like a prince while his brothers were treated like hired hands. This family situation contributed to the malice of brothers who sold their younger sibling into slavery. With the family safely in Egypt, years passed and that generation passed away.