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One of the great differences in Exodus 3-20 and Genesis 1-34, is the attitude of GOD. In Exodus, God is trying to control His people with fear, by showing His supernatural powers and authorities through Moses and Aaron. The God himself makes the heart of Pharaoh hardened as mentioned in several chapters including 7. By making him disobey Him, LORD God is able to show examples to the people what happens when one goes against the God. All kind of disasters can come, such as mentioned in Exodus 8:2, “if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:”
There is also a difference in the punishments Gad has done from Genesis and Exodus. In Exodus, the pain comes in more gradually, and effectively, leaving some creepy sensations about the happening. In comparison, the punishments in Genesis are instant and scarcely noticed by the people who get punished. For example, the town that was vanished by God, they couldn’t even notice the pain since it happened so fast and so sudden. But in Exodus, the people who get chastised, they get to see the whole process slowly. A positive way of thinking at it, is that the people in Exodus, get a second chance after some more suffering.
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