Old testament

1. Because of this Moses released 10 plagues on the Egyptians
   1. After the 10th plague, which was death of the firstborn, pharaoh agreed to let the Israelites go
      1. The Israelites make their way to the Red sea
         1. At the red sea Moses opens up the water to make a path for the Israelites
            1. Pharaoh and his army follow them in and Moses closes it on them and they all die
      2. Pharaoh soon changes his mind and chases after the Israelites
   2. These plagues did not affect the Israelites

Annotations:

• the handcuffs are open because it shows that the Israelites used to be enslaved but now they are free

1. his mother is rebekkah

1. Jacob steals the birthright from Esau

1. Rachel is his favorite. He never intended to marry Leah. He was tricked into marrying her
   1. He has 12 sons. 8 of them are from Leah and her servant and 4 are from Rebekah and hers
      1. Joseph is his favorite son
      2. these sons become the 12 tribes

1. Abraham was promised that he would become a great nation through his sons
   1. That ended up happening, as Abrahams son Issac, had Jacob, who had 12 sons that became the 12 tribes of Israel

1. Abraham was going to obey so God let him sacrifice a lamb instead

1. very few Israelites were left behind, but the ones that were become Samaritans

1. It ended when the Persians defeated the babylonian empire
   1. The Persians let the Jews return to their homeland

1. people wanted to get away from Eden
   1. This had taken place in the Garden of Eden

1. The reason for this is because Cain was jealous of Abel because God accepted Abel's offering and not Cains

1. the snake tempted Adam and Eve to eat off the tree
   1. sin was created because of this.
      1. The fall was the first sin

1. Timshel means There is Hope
   1. meanings of words are very important in the bible

1. God said "and it was good". He said it whenever he finished creating something on one of the 7 days of creation

1. God made Eve because he didn't want Adam to be lonely

1. 8 people were on the ark. These included Noah and his wife and his sons and their wives
   1. 2 of every animal was on the ark
2. everyone not on the ark was killed

1. Israel was the northern kingdom and Judah was the southern kingdom
   1. Israel was made up of 10 tribes
      1. the first king of Israel was Jeroboam
   2. Judah was made up of 2 or 3 tribes
      1. The first King of Israel was Rehoboam
2. The reasonn for the split was because the 10 northern tribes did not want to listen to Rehoboam
   1. Rehoboam was the son of Solomon, but the 10 northern tribes liked Solomon and not Rehoboam

Annotations:

• this represents the two kingdoms because the fruit is split and half and so were the kingdoms