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Background Information on Egypt
The Book of Genesis and Book of Exodus describe a period of Hebrew slavery in Egypt, from their settlement in the Land of Goshen until their escape and the journey through the wilderness to Sinai.Based on the internal chronology of the Hebrew Bible, this would correspond roughly to the New Kingdom of Egypt during the Late Bronze Age. In the Bible, a number of Jews took refuge in Egypt after the destruction of the Kingdom of Judah in 597 BC, and the subsequent assassination of the Jewish governor, Gedaliah (2 Kings 2 Kings 25:22–24, Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah 40:6–8). On hearing of the appointment, the Jewish population fled to Moab, Ammon, Edom and in other countries returned to Judah (Jeremiah 40:11–12). In Egypt, they settled in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, and Pathros (Jeremiah 44:1).
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Hymns Recommended by Experts
A baptism hymn that brings to mind Paul’s imagery in Romans 6 that in baptism we were buried, leaving behind “Egypt’s chains” when we were brought safely through the Red Sea, and then led by the cloud by day and fire by night.
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Psalm 81 includes remembering God’s action in bringing Israel out of slavery in Egypt (st. 6), in language that also brings to mind the opening of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2).
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A child-like setting of Psalm 114 in which questions are asked and answered, not unlike the questions children asked their parents at the time of the Passover, “Why is this night different than all other nights?” (Exodus 12:26-27).
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Jesus is pictured here as a refugee (st. 1) whose parents fled with him to Egypt to live “as an alien in a foreign land.” Jesus is also depicted as a “migrant living as a guest” (st. 2), and one who “crosses borders“ (st. 3), ending with “Give the lowly welcome and you welcome me” (Matt. 10:40, Mark 9:37).
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