exodus 1-12 reading comprehension

What measures did Pharaoh take to control the population of the Israelites? (1:22)

Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”

How was Moses saved as a baby? (2:3)

His mother placed him in a papyrus basket coated with bitumen and pitch and laid it among the reeds by the riverbank.

Who found him in the river? What did this person do with him? (2:5–10)

Pharaoh’s daughter found the basket. She had compassion on the baby, took him as her son, and named him Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

Describe the sign that God used to appear to Moses at Mount Horeb. (3:1–3)

The angel of the LORD appeared to Moses as a burning bush. The bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

How did the workload and suffering of the Israelites change after Moses’ first meeting with Pharaoh? (5:6–9)

Pharaoh made their work harder. He stopped providing straw for brickmaking but demanded the same number of bricks, calling them lazy.

What was the first plague the LORD worked through Moses before Pharaoh? (7:14–18)

The waters of the Nile were turned into blood, killing the fish and making the river stink so that the Egyptians could not drink from it.

Name and briefly describe three other plagues (between 2–9) that affected Egypt but not Goshen. (7:25–10:29)

Plague of Flies (8:20–24): Swarms of flies filled Egyptian houses, but none were in Goshen.

Plague on Livestock (9:1–7): Egyptian livestock died, but none of Israel’s animals were harmed.

Plague of Hail (9:22–26): Hail destroyed crops and animals in Egypt, but did not fall in Goshen.

How did Pharaoh respond throughout the narrative of the plagues? (7:22, 8:15, 8:19, 8:32, 9:7, 9:12, 9:35, 10:20, 10:27)

Pharaoh repeatedly hardened his heart, sometimes by his own choice, sometimes by God, but always refusing to let the Israelites go, even after seeing the plagues.

What was the final plague that God sent upon Egypt? (11:1, 4–7)

The death of every firstborn in Egypt, including Pharaoh’s firstborn and the firstborn of slaves and animals, except among the Israelites, where no one would die.

What did God tell the Israelites to do in order to be spared from the tenth plague? (12:1–13)

Each family was to sacrifice an unblemished lamb, put its blood on their doorposts and lintel, and eat the lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. The Lord would “pass over” the houses marked with blood and spare their firstborn.