-
Abraham was visited by God and told of the promised land. He also told him that his family would become as numerous as the stars and prosper for years to come.
-
After many trials for a son Abraham had a concubine to help conceive his firstborn. Soon after the Lord blessed him with a son by his wife Sarah. Ismael and his mother would removed from the family shortly after the birth of the rightfully born son, Isaac.
-
Isaac and his wife, Rebecca gave birth to twins. Jacob and Esau. After many years of battling for being the blessed firstborn of Isaac Jacob fled due to Esau wanting to kill him.
He started a life with 2 sisters: Rachael and Leah, from them he had 12 sons. And of them he loved the youngest, Joseph, most for he had been born of Rachael. -
The other 11 sons of Jacob were jealous of his relationship with his father. Especially Judah, who wanted to kill him. While Jacob's first born Reuben, offered to sell him to the Ishmealites (Middianites) Because of this, they sold him to be a slave in Egypt.
-
Moses fled from his adopted Egyptian family after manslaughter of a slave. Once in the desert he married and was later led by God to get salvation for his people. God brought great trauma to the Egyptians until the Pharaoh (Ramses III?) let the Israelites go. Moses led the people across the Red Sea to return to Canaan. He retrieved the new rules of God from Mount Sinai and died shortly after.
-
Overtime, the Jews that moved to Egypt began to be controlled. The Egyptians forced the Jews into slavery and Ramses tried to kill off all new born male Jews. Moses, being one of these babies, was put in a basket by his mother and sent across the Nile river. Moses was found by the daughter of Ramses (presumed to be Bithiah).
-
God chose Saul as king through Samuel a prophet.
-
David was born and chosen by God at a young age. He defeated a Philistine giant that was said to have come from God's fallen angles mixing with earthly women. He became King over Saul circa 1004 bce, as Saul's reign was cut short due to corruption.
-
Solomon (son of David) fell in love and impregnated Queen Makeda of Ethiopia.
-
King Solomon repaired the city of the Isrealites. He continued to ask God for wisdom until his death after the bankruptcy of the city.
-
King Nebuchadnezzar was in active exile of all the Isrealites. Until it was time for him to choose a wife. Esther, a young woman who's family had been exiled was held accountable for the Isrealites strength. She explained the situation and Haman the right hand man, and one who convinced the king the Isrealites must be removed in mass amounts, was banished by the king and new queen.
-
He conquered Persia under the reign of Cyrus (successor of King Neb).
-
Gnaeus Pompeius over ruled Judah, and after many generations of Jews creating an up rise (such as the Zealots) the Roman Empire began crucifixions of those who opposed them. This included Jesus Christ (4b.c.-36 a.d.) a prophet of the Jews and the reason for Christianity.
