Come Hell or Highwater
(Paid Version)- Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost, Exodus 1:8-2:10; Romans 12:1-8; Matthew 16:13-20
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Exodus 1:8-2:10 1
As we turn the page from Genesis to Exodus, a new family dynasty begins in Egypt. Those who were loyal to Joseph and sympathetic to Israel are no longer in power. The new ruler is not even given a name (1:8) by our narrator, nor is his successor.
Egypt is in a unique situation. They are worried about th…