Abraham

Abraham

1. Ishmael

2. Isaac

   • Esau
   • Jacob
     • Fathers 12 sons.
       • 12 Tribes of Israel
     • JOSEPH
       • favourite son
       • jealous brothers sell him to slavery
         • EGYPT
           • He's in the government (because of his visions)
             • Joseph’s father & brothers join him in Egypt where they live long & happy lives
           • Their descendants remain in Egypt where they flourish as a distinct ethnic group (called Hebrews)
             • The Egyptian Pharaoh (Rameses II) began to fear their strength & numbers, and so he enslaved them. Slavery in Egypt is a dark period in Jewish history
               • Moses
                 • Dynamic and charismatic
                 • Born Hebrew, raised by an Egyptian family
                 • Dissatisfied with Egyptian society he headed for the desert where he became a shepherd
                   • Had an encounter with a ‘burning bush’
                     • “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob” (Ex. 3:6) – release my people from slavery in Egypt
                       • God sends 10 plagues to Egypt to convince Pharaoh to liberate the Hebrew slaves
                         • The last, and most devastating plague is death to the first born son of each household
                           • The Hebrews are protected from the plague by marking their doorposts with the blood of a sacrificed lamb (according to God’s command)
                             • Passover

3. The Covenant between God + Jewish people began when Abram accepted God's offer.

4. Was abram born in Ur in Babylonia

5. Believed in Monotheism - going agaisnt his family and community beliefs