Out of Bondage

This is a Conversation on the Revelation of Yahweh to His People concerning possessing the Promised Land and the Promises. The family of Promise had lived out of the Promised Land for approximately 12 Biblical generations. Some of them would have heard the story of how their God, Yahweh, set their father, Abraham, apart and promised him that his family (descendants) would be as many as the sand of the sea and would possess the land in and around the place where he lived. They would have been told that they were their God, Yahweh's, chosen people through whom he would use to bless the whole world. Some of the offspring of Abraham wouldn't have been as familiar with the history of their family in relation to their God and, as a result, may not have been as Yahweh conscious, as they should have been. While Joseph and the ruling class who benefited by by their association with Joseph and his God, Yahweh were alive the Israelites had a good life in the best land of Egypt, separated from the temptations of the opulent life of their host land. Joseph took care of all of their material needs and their herds and families flourished. After Joseph died Yahweh blessed them so that they grew in number and power until they threatened the peace of Egypt by their sheer numbers. That is where the story of Exodus begins.