The book of Exodus reports the first of God's deliverances of Israel, as He had promised Abraham. This second book of the Pentateuch picks up the story where Genesis left it, and so it is its sequel. In Genesis the divine purpose is revealed, and in Exodus the divine performance is exhibited.This deliverance from bondage was a crucial event in the experience of the Isralites. Centuries later, many authors of the prophetic books and Psalms acclaimed it as the most significant miracle in their history. The deliverance is a beautiful type of the sinner's redemption from the bondage of sin. Thus Exodus is rightly called the "Book of Redemption."