Israel Timeline

  • Gods Promise to Abraham
    2166 BCE

    Gods Promise to Abraham

    In 2166, God Talked to Abraham and he said "You will have a son and he shall be named Issac" This Abraham doubted because Sarah, Abraham's wife was 90. But it did happen, God blessed Abraham and Sarah with a son Named Issac. God said to him "You will have as many descendants as the stars in the sky" And it was so.
  • Joseph
    1728 BCE

    Joseph

    Joseph, most beloved of Jacob's sons, is hated by his envious brothers. Angry and jealous of Jacob's gift to Joseph, a resplendent “coat of many colors,” the brothers seize him and sell him to a party of Ishmaelites, or Midianites, who carry him to Egypt.
  • Samson
    1065

    Samson

    Samson, legendary Israelite warrior and judge, or divinely inspired leader, renowned for the prodigious strength that he derived from his uncut hair. He is portrayed in the biblical Book of Judges
  • Gideon
    1100

    Gideon

    As a leader of the Israelites, he won a decisive victory over a midiniate army despite a vast numerical disadvantage, leading a troop of 300 men.
  • Settling Canaan
    1406

    Settling Canaan

    settlement of Canaan by Israel was accomplished as a sudden and complete conquest by an Israel united under the leadership of Joshua: “So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt to the Promised Land and received the law
  • The Ten Commandments
    1445

    The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments were spoken to Moses in God's own voice and then later written on two tablets of stone by the very finger of God. After Moses destroyed the tablets inscribed by God, he made Moses write new ones, just like the ones he had written himself.
  • Wandering in the Wilderness
    1445

    Wandering in the Wilderness

    For forty years in the wilderness, Israel wandered, but their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet swell. Everyday, God cared for them. He provided manna and water, so they had food to eat and drink. He led them with a cloud by day and with fire by night, teaching them how to trust Him.
  • The Ten Plagues and the Exodus
    1446

    The Ten Plagues and the Exodus

    In order, the ten acts of de-creation are the Nile River turned to blood, an infestation of frogs, followed by gnats and flies, disease, boils, hail, locusts, unending darkness, and then the death of all firstborns. Each of these nine plagues is a direct counter to Pharaoh's evil against Israel in Exodus 1.
  • The Passover
    1446

    The Passover

    God is said to have told Moses to tell the Israelite's to paint lamb's blood on their doorposts. This way, the angel would know that Jewish people lived there. It would pass over that house and not kill the first-born child
  • God Parts the Red Sea
    1446

    God Parts the Red Sea

    Moses raised his hand over the Red Sea, and the LORD caused a strong wind to blow from the east. The wind blew all night long. The sea split, and the wind made the ground dry. The Israelite's went through the sea on dry land.