Old testament

Old testament

1. The Exodus 6

   • Exodus is a book in the bible written by Moses
   • The Israelites were enslaved in Egypt
     • Because of this Moses released 10 plagues on the Egyptians
       • After the 10th plague, which was death of the firstborn, pharaoh agreed to let the Israelites go
         • The Israelites make their way to the Red sea
           • At the red sea Moses opens up the water to make a path for the Israelites
             • Pharaoh and his army follow them in and Moses closes it on them and they all die
         • Pharaoh soon changes his mind and chases after the Israelites
       • These plagues did not affect the Israelites
   • read note- about picture
     • the handcuffs are open because it shows that the Israelites used to be enslaved but now they are free

2. Jacob and his family 5

   • Jacob is the son of Issac
     • his mother is rebekkah
   • Jacobs brother is Esua. Esau is older than Jacob
     • Jacob steals the birthright from Esau
   • Jacob marries two Women. Rachel and Leah
     • Rachel is his favorite. He never intended to marry Leah. He was tricked into marrying her
       • He has 12 sons. 8 of them are from Leah and her servant and 4 are from Rebekah and hers
         • Joseph is his favorite son
         • these sons become the 12 tribes

3. Blessings of Abraham 4

   • God promised Abraham many things
     • Abraham was promised that he would become a great nation through his sons
       • That ended up happening, as Abrahams son Issac, had Jacob, who had 12 sons that became the 12 tribes of Israel
   • God told Abraham that he would bless anyone that blessed him
   • Genesis 12: 2-3 says "And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed."
   • God said Abraham's descendants would be like the stars of heaven many times
   • more than 40 blessings are given to Abraham
   • Abraham was blessed with Issac
   • God tested Abraham and told him to offer his son Issac as a sacrifice
     • Abraham was going to obey so God let him sacrifice a lamb instead

4. Exile 8

   • In 722 BCE Assyrians came and took over Israel
     • very few Israelites were left behind, but the ones that were become Samaritans
   • In 586 BCE, the babylonians took over Judah
   • The Jews lived in Exile for 70 years
     • It ended when the Persians defeated the babylonian empire
       • The Persians let the Jews return to their homeland

5. The fall 2

   • people moved eastward afterwards
     • people wanted to get away from Eden
       • This had taken place in the Garden of Eden
   • Cain Killed Abel. He killed him by smashing his skull with a rock.
     • The reason for this is because Cain was jealous of Abel because God accepted Abel's offering and not Cains
   • Adam and Eve were told by God not do eat off the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil
     • the snake tempted Adam and Eve to eat off the tree
       • sin was created because of this.
         • The fall was the first sin

6. Creation 1

   • Adam means Human. That is significant because he was the first human.
     • Timshel means There is Hope
       • meanings of words are very important in the bible
   • 7 is repeated multiple times. Some examples of it are the 7 days of creation, adam and eve add up to 7 with letters
     • God said "and it was good". He said it whenever he finished creating something on one of the 7 days of creation
   • loneliness was the first thing that wasn't good. God even said that it was not good
     • God made Eve because he didn't want Adam to be lonely
   • Creation takes place in Genesis. The bible starts with creation

7. The Flood 3

   • Noah built an Ark
     • 8 people were on the ark. These included Noah and his wife and his sons and their wives
       • 2 of every animal was on the ark
     • everyone not on the ark was killed
   • God thought that man had become evil
   • God promise that a flood to wipe out the while Earth would never happen again
   • It rained 40 days and 40 nights

8. The civil war 7

   • Israel divided into 2 kingdoms. Israel and Judah
     • Israel was the northern kingdom and Judah was the southern kingdom
       • Israel was made up of 10 tribes
         • the first king of Israel was Jeroboam
       • Judah was made up of 2 or 3 tribes
         • The first King of Israel was Rehoboam
     • The reasonn for the split was because the 10 northern tribes did not want to listen to Rehoboam
       • Rehoboam was the son of Solomon, but the 10 northern tribes liked Solomon and not Rehoboam
   • see note about picture
     • this represents the two kingdoms because the fruit is split and half and so were the kingdoms

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