Moses was an Israelite, born inso Egyptian bondage.
When he turned 40
rears old he fled to the
lan of Median.
Moses convinces
Pharaoh to let the
Israelites go
through a series of
Plagues deny by
God.
As a result in being unfaithful to God,
the Israelites are forced to wonder in
the wilderness for 40 years.
Each Plague attacks
a member of an
Egyptian pantheon.
300 years separate
Exodus from Genesis.
1. Creation
Brought into being by God. God
is beyond the universe.
God makes the 7 days of
creation. God spoke everything
into being.
God create every living
animal, as well as humans.
God made man in his image. The first
human was named Adam. God thought
the idea was "very good". He later finds
out that man feels lonely, so he creates
Eve, Adam's wife.
God made a garden for the man
and woman. It was called the
Garden of Eden.
God rested on day 7. He said that what he had made was
good.
7. Joshua and the
Judges
After the death of
Moses. Joseph
became in
command of the
Israelites
Joseph leads them into the
Promise Land, and cross the
Jordan River while doing so.
They invade the land of Canaan,
and destroy many cities, but the
Israelites are not successful in
conquering all of Canaan.
Before Joseph dies,
he divides the land of
Canaan into twelve
territories according
to the tribes.
After Jacob's death, no
one takes over as ruler
over the Israelites.
Because of this, God sends
Judges in special occasions
to defeat military and
political threats.
3. Abraham
All Jews trace their descent
to Abraham.
God promises to make Abraham a "Father of many Nations".
Abraham dies at age 175.
God promises Abraham and
Sarah that they will have a
child names Isaac, despite of
their old age.
Abraham lied about his
wife being his sister
two times in the Bible.
Both Abram d Sarai had their names changed by
God later in their life to Abraham and Sarah.
4.
Jacob/Israel
Judah is the son of Jacob.
God makes a covenant with Jacob, and
changes his name to Israel.
Jacob has 12 sons by 4 women, these sons are the genesis of the nation of Israel.
Jacob deceives his
older brother,
Esau, taking his
birthright, which
gives Jacob the
firstborn blessing.
Two of Jacob's wives were
sisters to him.
Jacob is also Abraham's grandson.
5, Joseph
Joseph is hated by all of his brothers,
who sell him into slavery in Egypt.
Joseph later
becomes prime
minister of
Egypt, and
rescues his
family from
famine.
Jacob and his entire
family move to Egypt
because of this food
crisis.
The book of Genesis
ends with the deaths
of Jacob and Joseph
Joseph was an interpreter of dreams.
Joseph is jacob;s favorite son,
which makes his brothers
jealous of him.
8. King
David
David kills the Philistine
Giant (Goliath) in battle.
He had seven brothers and
two sisters, and was the
youngest of Jesse's sons.
In the Bible, Dvid is called a "Man after God's own heart."
Saul become jealous of David, and
attempted to kill him many
times throughout the story.
David became King after
Saul was killed in battle.
Jesus is often referred to as
the son of David.
2. Noah & the
Flood
Noah and his family were the
only humans saved from the
massive flood, because of the
Ark.
Noah was the grandson of
Methuselah, the oldest person in
the Bible, who died at 969 years
old, in the year of the flood.
After the flood, Noah
built an altar to
sacrifice animals to
give thanks to God.
God told Noah to cover the Ark with
pitch, to waterproof it.
The Ark took 100 years to build.
God commanded Noah to take 7
pairs of "clean" animals, and two
of every other kind of animal.