Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

Today will be a little longer than usual because we're in a new book which means we have

some introductory ground to cover.

We just finished Genesis, a word that means beginning, and today we begin the book of Exodus,

which means exit or departure.

Even though most English translations don't include it, this book actually starts out

with the Hebrew word that carries the meaning AND.

Which is one way we see its connection to the book of Genesis.

This is a continuation of the story we've been in.

The first five books of the Bible, Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy, were originally

one book, which the Jews called the Torah.

It's also referred to as the Pentateuch, which is a collection of five books.

But historians believe that all five books of the Torah were primarily written by Moses,

a man will meet in our reading today.

He was born roughly 300 years after Joseph died.

So when the book opens, we're three centuries past the end of Genesis.

If you had a keen eye back in Genesis 15, you may remember God's words to Abraham.

Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in the land that is not theirs

and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for 400 years.

But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come

out with great possessions.

So God has already given Abraham a heads up about what's going to happen.

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