EXODUS 2 THE BIRTH OF MOSES

                                        Question and Answers   on the book of Exodus

  EXODUS 2   THE BIRTH OF MOSES  

1.   What was the decree by Pharaoh concerning all Hebrew newborns? (Exo. 1:22)

 Ans: Every son who is born to Hebrews  are to cast into the Nile, ….”.

2.   Which tribe did Moses come from?

Ans:  The tribe of Levi (Leah's offspring)

 3.  Why did his parents deem Moses as special? And  how long did the parents  hide their son?(Exo. 2:2)

Ans: Because he was exceptionally beautiful, and  hid him for three months.

4.    Who watched the ark? (Exo.  2:4)

Ans: Moses’ sister – Miriam.

5.   Who went to the river to bathe? (Exo.  2:5)

Ans: The daughter of Pharaoh.

6.    Why did Pharaoh’s daughter feel sorry for the baby? (Exo.  2:6) 

Ans: The  helpless infant  baby wept and his cry touched her heart.

7.    Who adopted her own son? (Exo.  2:9)

Ans: Jochebed

8.  (a) Who named the baby ? (b)What was the baby named and (c)why? (Exo.2:10) 

Ans: (a) Pharaoh's daughter. (b)  She named him Moses,(c)  because he was drawn out of water.

9.   What two things did Moses see when he went to view his own people? (Exo.  2:11)                                                                                                                                              

Ans: Looked at the burdens of the Hebrews and saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew

10.  (a) What did Moses do to the Egyptian?  (b) Was his action justifiable (Exo.  2:12)                                                                                                                                                       

Ans: He killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. (b) No. He knew killing the Egyptian was wrong. (Acts 7:23-29).

11.  What did Moses  see the next day? And what he questioned? (Exo.  2:13). What did the Hebrews question about  Moses? (Exo.  2:14)                                                              


 Ans:  Moses sow that two Hebrew men were fighting.  He asked, "Why are you striking your companion?". The Hebrew questioned  Moses,  "Who made you a prince and a judge over us?

12.  Why was Moses frightened by his question? (Exo. 2:14)

Ans:  Moses feared that, "Surely this thing (killing the Egyptian) is known!

13.  Why Pharaoh  sought to kill Moses?(b)  where did Moses go to live? (Exo.  2:15). 

 Ans: Pharaoh heard  that  Moses killed one of the Egyptians.  (b)  He went  and lived at  Midian.

                      

14.      Who was Moses’ wife?

  

Ans:  Zipporah, daughter of Reuel (Jetro),  

 (b) What was her father? (Exo.  2:21) 

 

(b)  Ans: A priest of Midian. 

 

15.    What was the name of the eldest son of  Moses? (Exo. 2:22)

       
Ans: Gershom, 


 16.  What was its meaning f his name? (Exo. 2:22) 

(b)Ans:  Meanig: "a stranger there."

17. (a) Why did the Israelites cry out to God? (Exo.  2:23),  

       (b) Then what did God remember?  (Exo. 2:24) 

        (a) Ans: because of their  bondage in Egypt.                                                                                                   (b) Ans:  God remembered His covenant with Abraham (Gen. 26:3).

18. When the Israelites cried to God, what was God’s reaction?                                                          

Ans: “God heard” (v.24), “God remembered” (v.24), “God saw” (v.25), “God took notice” (v.25)