Key events and people between Adam and Eve and Moses
An old man now, Moses encounters God in a burning bush. God sends Moses back to Egypt to rescue the Israelites from the cruel slavery they are under. Moses returns, but Pharoah is not agreeable to ending the slavery. What follows are ten plagues on Egypt that results in them..read more …
Moses is born during Israel’s slavery in Egypt. At the time an edict existed that all newborn males be killed to prevent Israel from growing further. Moses was rescued and ends up being raised by the Pharoah’s daughter. He eventually flees Egypt because he kills an Egyptian to protect an..read more …
Joseph is not liked by his brothers and is sold into slavery in Egypt by them. However, he rises to prominence many years later and becomes second in command of all of Egypt. A severe famine forces his family to Egypt where he is reunited with them. Letting bygones be..read more …
Jacob has 12 sons who become the 12 tribes of Israel. One of his sons, Joseph, becomes prominent early on. But Judah’s line becomes prominent later on in history, which is where the Jews derive their name.
Jacob is born to Isaac and God’s promise carries on through him. Jacob led a hard life and at one point has a physical fight with God but won’t give up. After this fight, God renames him to Israel, which means “he struggles with God”. The subtext was that he..read more …
God promises Abraham a son through whom His promise would be fulfilled. Abraham’s wife Sarah was barren and had Isaac in her very old age. Isaac means ‘he laughs’ which was given to him because both Abraham and Sarah laughed when God told them they would have a son at..read more …
God chooses Abram and changes his name to Abraham. Through him God promises to bless all nations on earth.
Noah is warned by God that he is going to destroy all people from the earth because they had become completely evil all the time. He builds an ark to save his family and animals from a devastating flood. When it is all over he and his family and all..read more …
Adam and Eve are created in the Garden of Eden.
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