EXODUS - Chapter One

1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; 3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; 4 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. 5 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all; Joseph was already in Egypt.

6 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, 7 but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful; they multiplied greatly, increased in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

8 Then a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt. 9 ‘Look,’ he said to his people, ‘the Israelites have become far too numerous for us. 10 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.’

11 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labour, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. 12 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites 13 and worked them ruthlessly. 14 They made their lives bitter with harsh labour in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labour, the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

15 The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 16 ‘When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.’ 17 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. 18 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, ‘Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?’

19 The midwives answered Pharaoh, ‘Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.’

20 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. 21 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own.

22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: ‘Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.’

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READING 

EXODUS - Chapter One

Read by David Suchet 

The Complete book of EXODUS

Read by David Suchet  

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UllC4aVZRgw

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OVERVIEWS

Exodus : Overview 

The Bible Project  

Exodus : Overview 

Torah Series - 

The Bible Project 

                    The Repeating Pattern from The Exodus You May Not Have Noticed

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STUDY - LINKS

                        Discovering the Gospel in Exodus – Tim Keller

EXODUS - Part 1 

David Pawson 

EXODUS - Part 2

David Pawson 

Dust to Glory / Moses and the Exodus / RC Sproul / 

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JANUARY - READING LIST

JANUARY 2026 -  READINGS

           From the New International Version (UK)

PSALM Seventy Two

 

Of Solomon.

1 

Endow the king with your justice, O God,

    the royal son with your righteousness.

2 

May he judge your people in righteousness,

    your afflicted ones with justice.

3 

May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,

    the hills the fruit of righteousness.

4 

May he defend the afflicted among the people

    and save the children of the needy;

    may he crush the oppressor.

5 

May he endure as long as the sun,

    as long as the moon, through all generations.

6 

May he be like rain falling on a mown field,

    like showers watering the earth.

7 

In his days may the righteous flourish

    and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.

8 

May he rule from sea to sea

    and from the River to the ends of the earth.

9 

May the desert tribes bow before him

    and his enemies lick the dust.

10 

May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores

    bring tribute to him.

May the kings of Sheba and Seba

    present him with gifts.

11 

May all kings bow down to him

    and all nations serve him.

12 

For he will deliver the needy who cry out,

    the afflicted who have no one to help.

13 

He will take pity on the weak and the needy

    and save the needy from death.

14 

He will rescue them from oppression and violence,

    for precious is their blood in his sight.

15 

Long may he live!

    May gold from Sheba be given to him.

May people ever pray for him

    and bless him all day long.

16 

May corn abound throughout the land;

    on the tops of the hills may it sway.

May the crops flourish like Lebanon

    and thrive like the grass of the field.

17 

May his name endure for ever;

    may it continue as long as the sun.

Then all nations will be blessed through him,

    and they will call him blessed.

18 

Praise be to the Lord God, the God of Israel,

    who alone does marvellous deeds.

19 

Praise be to his glorious name for ever;

    may the whole earth be filled with his glory.

Amen and Amen.

20 

This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.

 

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READING 

Psalm Seventy Two

Read by David Suchet

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OVERVIEWS

Psalms - Overviews

(The Bible Project)

The Book of Psalms

(The Bible Project)

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STUDY - LINKS

How Should You Read the Psalms?

- John Piper - 

Prayer in the Psalms: 

Discovering How to Pray

Timothy Keller 

                                   Psalm 72 | The King Who Rules in Righteousness | 

                          The Poor Man's Friend (Psalm 72:12) - Charles Spurgeon 

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Psalms part 1 

-Study by David Pawson-

https://youtu.be/qB3QV713xm0

Psalms Part 2 

-Study by David Pawson

https://youtu.be/hQJNMgIHVKwSONGS

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Psalms  - R C Sproul

https://www.youtube.com/@ligonier/search?query=psalm 51

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SONGS

 

Psalm 72 

Prayer for the king

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