1.) =The Journeyings of the Patriarchs= (Gen. 12. 5;
13. 17, 18; 20. 1, etc.). As yet the chosen family
had no dwelling place, but lived in tents, moving
throughout the land of promise.
2.) =The Sojourn in E'gypt.= In the lifetime of the
patriarch Ja'cob, but at a date unknown, the
Is'ra-el-ite family went down to E'gypt, not for a
permanent home, but a "sojourn," which lasted,
however, many centuries (Gen. 46. 5-7; 50. 24).
3.) =The Oppression of the Is'ra-el-ites.= Toward the
close of the sojourn the Is'ra-el-ite family, now
grown into a multitude (Exod. 1. 7), endured cruel
bondage from the E-gyp'tians (Exod. 1.13, 14). This
was overruled to promote God's design, and led to
their departure from E'gypt, which is known as "the
exodus," or going out.