The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

Story: The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron

Passage: Exodus 6:14-30

Characters:  Lots of random people

Summary:  This is just a list of people in the genealogy of Moses and Aaron.  At the end, we get a summary of where the story of Moses is right now.  God tells Moses to speak to Pharaoh and Moses expresses doubt that Pharaoh will listen to him.

Notes:  I always wonder about the lives of the people mentioned in lists like this.  We know nothing about them, but their lives were probably just as interesting as those who are mentioned.  Interestingly, this genealogy includes a Canaanite woman, and a man marrying his Aunt.  Every now and then, a wife is mentioned by name. Today, we have no idea who some of these names were, but in Moses’ time, these names must have been well known. The genealogies are given the most detail for Aaron’s descendants and Korah’s descendants.  This is because both families will play a role in the coming chapters.  This passage is giving background for the upcoming narrative.

Questions:  Why were these people mentioned?  How many cool stories did these people have that we no longer know?  How well known were these names to the original audience of this book?

Lessons:  Honestly, a lesson is hard to pull from this passage.  We see at the end of the passage once again that God tells Moses what to do and Moses doubts God.  We can shake our heads at Moses’ stupidity all we want, but are we any different?  Do we trust God with the impossible or do we limit our trust in Him to what is already possible?