Tag: Pharaoh
The Scream That Rose from Every House in Egypt
The blood had dried on the doorposts. The hyssop lay beside the basins. The families of Israel waited in their houses, their sandals on their feet, their staffs in their hands, the roasted lamb still warm in their stomachs. The unleavened bread and the bitter herbs had been eaten. The meal of haste was finished.…
Darkness So Thick It Could Be Felt for Three Days
The plagues had fallen one after another, and still Pharaoh would not yield. The water had turned to blood. The frogs had filled the beds and ovens. The lice had crawled from the dust. The flies had swarmed the houses. The cattle had died in the fields. The boils had broken out on man and…
Frogs Covering Every Bed and Every Oven
The seven days of blood had passed. The Nile still stank with the memory of death, and the people of Egypt were digging in the earth for water that did not taste of rotting fish. Pharaoh remained in his palace, his heart hard, his refusal settled like a stone in his chest. The Lord spoke…
The River Turning to Blood at the Touch of the Rod
The Lord spoke to Moses in the morning. The sun had risen over Egypt, and the Nile was waking to the daily rhythm of a nation that depended on its waters. Fishermen were casting their nets. Women were filling their pitchers at the bank. The priests were preparing their morning rituals at the temples that…
The Staff Becoming a Serpent Before the Throne of Pharaoh
Moses and Aaron stood before the king of Egypt. The throne room blazed with the wealth of an empire that had ruled the Nile for a thousand years. Tall columns carved with the deeds of past Pharaohs rose toward a ceiling painted with stars. Guards lined the walls, their spears gleaming in the torchlight. Court…
The Midwives Defying the Order of Pharaoh to Kill
The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives. His throne was secure, his armies were strong, his monuments rose against the sky, but the children of Israel multiplied like the stars Abraham had counted on that cold night in Canaan. They filled the land. They spilled across the borders of Goshen. Their numbers swelled…
The Famine That Drove Abram to Egypt
Abram stood at the edge of his camp and looked out over the land that the Lord had promised him, and the land was dry. The grass had turned brown and brittle. The flocks were growing thin. The water in the wadis had shrunk to mud, and the mud was cracking in the sun. A…
The Day Pharaoh Cried in the River He Worshipped
Memory Verse: Exodus 10:16 – “Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.” Bible Reading: Exodus 10:12-20 (KJV) 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may…
