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Period: 2166 BCE to 2166 BCE
God’s Promise to Abraham 2166 BC
The famed Abrahamic covenant comes from Genesis 12:1-3. It reads: “Now the Lord said to Abram, 'Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. -
Period: 1728 BCE to 1728 BCE
Joseph (Sold into slavery in 1728 BC
Joseph was sold by his own brothers as a slave and was purchased by Potiphar, a captain of the guard of Pharaoh. But even as an indentured servant, Joseph turned every experience and all circumstances, no matter how trying, into something good. -
Period: 1446 BCE to 1446 BCE
The Passover 1446 BC
Passover is a Jewish holiday observed in the spring to celebrate freedom and to remember the Exodus from Egypt. Unlike a lot of other Jewish holidays, this one is primarily observed in the home with a special service called a seder (Hebrew, meaning order). This includes a retelling of the events in which the Jewish people were enslaved in Egypt, and how they were able to regain their freedom -
Period: 1446 BCE to 1446 BCE
God Parts the Red Sea 1446 BC
At night, when the Israelites were blocked in by the Red Sea and the attacking Egyptians, God parted the Red Sea (Exodus 14:10-21). All the people of Israel, along with their livestock, were able to cross on dry land with towering walls of water on the right and left as Moses led them (Exodus 14:21-22; Psalm 78:13). -
Period: 1446 BCE to 1446 BCE
The Ten Plagues 1446 BC
Dam—Blood. We comfort and mourn those whose blood has been spilled.
Tzfardeiya—Frogs. We protest the proliferation of violence.
Kinim—Lice. We stop infestations of hatred and fear.
Arov—Wild Animals. We appeal to all people to act with humanity.
Dever—Pestilence. ...
Shechin—Boils. ...
Barad—Hail. ...
Arbeh—Locusts. -
1445 BCE
The Ten Commandments 1445 BC
You shall Honor your father and your mother
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
You shall not kill
Keep the Sabbath holy
Worship no other gods
I am the Lord your God
You shall not covet
You shall not murder
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Period: 1445 BCE to 1406 BCE
Wandering in the Wilderness (1445-1406 BC)
Over the last couple of weeks I have been thinking a lot about the wilderness wanderings of the Israelites. For the Hebrew people the wilderness was a physical place--the wilderness of the Arabian peninsula between Egypt and modern day Israel/Palestine. But the wilderness was also a state of mind. It was the state of mind of being thrust into a place of uncertainty that has a yet undetermined ending. -
1406 BCE
Settling Canaan (Begins in 1406 BC)
If Biblical traditions represent some kind of historical memory it should be interesting to examine the geographical involvement of the various tribes in each other’s territorial allotment. This may indicate the early presence of these families, or tribes, in another’s territory before the final division of the land took place. Moreover, this examination should also enable us to follow the path of Israelite expansion after the initial entry from Transjordan into the territory of Manasseh, -
1100 BCE
Gideon (Leads around 1100 BC)
Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the tribe of Manasseh and lived in Ephra . As a leader of the Israelites, he won a decisive victory over a Midianite army despite a vast numerical disadvantage, leading a troop of 300 men.Archaeologists in southern Israel have found a 3,100-year-old fragment of a jug with five letters written in ink that appear to represent the name Jerubbaal, or Yeruba'al -
1085 BCE
Samson (Leads from 1085 to 1065 BC)
The biblical account states that Samson was a Nazirite and that he was given immense strength to aid him against his enemies and allow him to perform superhuman feats, including slaying a lion with his bare hands and massacring a Philistine army with a donkey's jawbone. The cutting of Samson's long hair would violate his Nazirite vow and nullify his ability.