Exodus: Escape from Egypt

Tim Stephenson

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Week 7: 2026-08-23 - Exodus 3:1-4:17

welcome and recap

  • who tried to defeat God (pharaoh, ex 1:8)
  • what was he trying to do (stop god’s people growing, ex 1:9, Gen 12:2)
  • who won in the end (god, ex 1:12, ex 2:10)

intro - guess who

  • blindfold
  • choose person
  • yes no questions
  • guess when ready

today’s true story from the Bible

  • Where was Moses when we left him last time?
  • out shepherding when…
  • what is God? (Holy)
  • what is His plan (rescue Israelites from Egypt)
  • Moses 5 problems (excuses?) :
    • 3:11 unworthy (but god is worthy),
    • 3:13 didn’t know who God is (I am [unchanging], God of Abraham… would already be familiar to Israelites)
    • 4:1 afraid Israelites would not believe him (2 signs)
    • 4:10 didn’t speak well (God’s message, He will teach Moses)
    • 4:13 “please send someone else” (God was cross but nonetheless provided Aaron for moral support)

activity to let kids self teach

Burning bush at center of page with Moses’ 5 objections and god’s 5 answers. Cut up. Each team has to find answers in Bible Get them to relate back their answers

game

Snakes and Ladders

  • bush=go back 3
  • ? = Answer question to roll again
  • others= end of turn

Needs dice, markers

questions

  • How many sons did Jacob have? Answer: Twelve sons. (Genesis 35:22)
  • What special gift did Jacob give Joseph? Answer: A beautiful, colourful coat. (Genesis 37:3)
  • What did Joseph’s brothers feel toward him because their father loved him so much? Answer: They were jealous and hated him. (Genesis 37:4)
  • What did Joseph dream about that made his brothers even more angry? Answer: He dreamed that his brothers’ bundles of grain bowed down to his bundle. (Genesis 37:5–8)
  • What did Joseph’s brothers do to him? Answer: They threw him into a pit and later sold him as a slave. (Genesis 37:23–28)
  • Where was Joseph taken after he was sold? Answer: Egypt. (Genesis 37:28)
  • Who bought Joseph as a slave in Egypt? Answer: Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. (Genesis 39:1)
  • Why did Joseph eventually go to prison? Answer: Potiphar’s wife falsely accused him. (Genesis 39:7–20)
  • What special ability did God give Joseph? Answer: He could interpret dreams. (Genesis 40:8; 41:15–16)
  • What did Joseph become after interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams? Answer: The governor/ruler over Egypt, second only to Pharaoh. (Genesis 41:39–41)
  • What did Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt to buy? Answer: Grain/food because there was a famine. (Genesis 42:1–3)
  • Did Joseph forgive his brothers? Answer: Yes. He forgave them and helped provide food for his family. (Genesis 45:4–15; 50:19–21)
  • Why were the Israelites becoming a problem for Pharaoh? Answer: They were growing very numerous, and Pharaoh was afraid they might become stronger than the Egyptians. (Exodus 1:7–10)
  • What did Pharaoh make the Israelites do? Answer: He forced them to work as slaves. (Exodus 1:11–14)
  • What terrible order did Pharaoh give concerning Israelite baby boys? Answer: They were to be thrown into the Nile River. (Exodus 1:22)
  • How did Moses’ mother protect him when he was a baby? Answer: She placed him in a basket and put him among the reeds beside the Nile. (Exodus 2:1–4)
  • Who found baby Moses? Answer: Pharaoh’s daughter. (Exodus 2:5–10)
  • why did Moses have to leave Egypt (killed overseer)
  • what was Moses father in law called (Jethro)
  • What did Moses see when God called him? Answer: A bush that was burning but was not being burned up. (Exodus 3:1–6)
  • What did God tell Moses to do? Answer: Go to Pharaoh and lead God’s people, the Israelites, out of Egypt. (Exodus 3:10)
  • Who did God choose to help Moses speak to Pharaoh? Answer: His brother Aaron. (Exodus 4:14–16)

memory verse

Now you have been set free from sin and are God’s slaves Romans 6:22

Compare slavery to Pharaoh/God/sin