Pharaoh Bible — KJV Bible Study Guide
A free 10-lesson Bible study guide on pharaoh bible, drawn entirely from the King James Version. Each lesson opens with a study question, gives the verse reference, and offers a short teaching note. Use it for personal devotions, a small group, or a Sunday school class.
The 10 lessons
Lesson 1 · Exodus 1:8 (KJV)
What did the new Pharaoh not know about Joseph?
Answer: His service to Egypt
Study note. Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. (Exodus 1:8)
Lesson 2 · Exodus 1:22 (KJV)
What command did Pharaoh give regarding Hebrew baby boys?
Answer: Cast them into the river
Study note. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. (Exodus 1:22)
Lesson 3 · Exodus 5:1 (KJV)
What did Moses ask Pharaoh to let Israel do?
Answer: Go three days' journey into the wilderness to sacrifice
Study note. Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. (Exodus 5:1)
Lesson 4 · Exodus 5:17 (KJV)
What did Pharaoh do when Moses first asked him to let Israel go?
Answer: He increased the Israelites' labor by making them gather their own straw
Study note. Ye are idle, ye are idle... Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein... And the tale of the bricks... shall be diminished. (Exodus 5:17-19)
Lesson 5 · Exodus 7:1 (KJV)
How many plagues did God send upon Egypt?
Answer: Ten
Study note. Ten plagues were sent, culminating in the death of the firstborn. (Exodus 7-12)
Lesson 6 · Exodus 8:18 (KJV)
Which plague was the first one that Pharaoh's magicians could not duplicate?
Answer: Lice
Study note. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened. (Exodus 8:18-19)
Lesson 7 · Exodus 12:29 (KJV)
Which plague killed the Egyptian firstborn but spared Israel?
Answer: The death of the firstborn
Study note. And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt... but against any of the children of Israel... not a dog shall move his tongue. (Exodus 12:29)
Lesson 8 · Exodus 12:32 (KJV)
What did Pharaoh say after the death of the firstborn?
Answer: Rise up, and get you forth from among my people... and bless me also
Study note. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians... And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people... and bless me also. (Exodus 12:30-32)
Lesson 9 · Exodus 14:7 (KJV)
What did Pharaoh do after Israel left?
Answer: Hardened his heart and pursued them with his army
Study note. And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people... And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt. (Exodus 14:5-7)
Lesson 10 · Exodus 14:28 (KJV)
What happened to Pharaoh and his army at the Red Sea?
Answer: The LORD overthrew them in the sea
Study note. And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. (Exodus 14:28)
Key verses to memorize
The passages this study returns to most often — pick one or two and commit them to memory this week.
Discussion questions
- Which lesson in this study surprised you the most, and why?
- How does pharaoh bible point us to Jesus Christ and the gospel?
- Pick one verse from the key passages above. How does it shape the way you will pray, read, or live this week?
- Who in your life could you share one of these truths with in the next seven days?