Exodus 4-6
- So Moses makes a valid point, saying people may not believe him about what he was sent to do in Egypt, and did God give him some intense signs to prove the truth or what. And Moses sure tried to fight tooth and nail to get out of it. God was having none of it when He told Moses to use Aaron (his brother). This is like a parent versus a petulant child.
- So wait, God was going to kill Moses (after going through all the trouble of convincing him to go to Egypt) until his wife circumcised their son? What sense does that make?
GOD: you are going to Egypt, young man, whether you like it or not!
MOSES: but-
GOD: GO! And take your brother with you!
MOSES: fine!
GOD: (thinks to himself) nevermind, I'm just gonna kill this guy.
MOSES' WIFE: hey, Moses, I circumcised our son.
GOD: hey, I think I'll let Moses and Aaron go to Egypt as planned after all. Go ahead, boys!
MOSES: Hey, I'm 80 years old, and thanks... we'll get going now.
- Note: Jacob being renamed Israel gives me a whole new outlook on who the Israelites are and why they're called that. I used to think the Israelites and the Hebrews were entirely different people. Not so much.
- Pharaoh isn't just a jerk, he's a Class A Asshole, making the Hebrew's slavery harder.
- And now we apparently need a crash course of Moses' & Aaron's genealogy. And based on what this is saying, Jacob was their grandfather, and Joseph was their uncle. Also, if I'm reading this right, Moses & Aaron's parents were nephew and aunt. Gross.
- So Moses makes a valid point, saying people may not believe him about what he was sent to do in Egypt, and did God give him some intense signs to prove the truth or what. And Moses sure tried to fight tooth and nail to get out of it. God was having none of it when He told Moses to use Aaron (his brother). This is like a parent versus a petulant child.
- So wait, God was going to kill Moses (after going through all the trouble of convincing him to go to Egypt) until his wife circumcised their son? What sense does that make?
GOD: you are going to Egypt, young man, whether you like it or not!
MOSES: but-
GOD: GO! And take your brother with you!
MOSES: fine!
GOD: (thinks to himself) nevermind, I'm just gonna kill this guy.
MOSES' WIFE: hey, Moses, I circumcised our son.
GOD: hey, I think I'll let Moses and Aaron go to Egypt as planned after all. Go ahead, boys!
MOSES: Hey, I'm 80 years old, and thanks... we'll get going now.
- Note: Jacob being renamed Israel gives me a whole new outlook on who the Israelites are and why they're called that. I used to think the Israelites and the Hebrews were entirely different people. Not so much.
- Pharaoh isn't just a jerk, he's a Class A Asshole, making the Hebrew's slavery harder.
- And now we apparently need a crash course of Moses' & Aaron's genealogy. And based on what this is saying, Jacob was their grandfather, and Joseph was their uncle. Also, if I'm reading this right, Moses & Aaron's parents were nephew and aunt. Gross.
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