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The creation story in Genesis tells us the heavens and the earth were created in 6 days and it was good. On the 7th day, He rested. -
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Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and brought sin into the world. -
A mythological story about the great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. -
Abram obeyed God and left Canaan. He was faithful, and became Abraham the father of many nations. -
Joseph was loved by his father Jacob and wore a coat of many colors. He had vivid dreams and was envied by his brothers. They sold him into slavery and he later became their ruler. -
God came to him in a burning bush. Christianity's most important prophet is Moses. He led the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea. He received the Ten Commandments from Mt. Sinai. -
Saul planned to kill David. Saul said David could marry his daughter if he killed a Philistine. David killed Goliath and married Mical, Saul's daughter. -
After King Solomon's death, the nation split into 2 kingdoms, Israel to the north and Judah to the south. -
Several thousands of Israelites were forced out of Israel. The 10 tribes were taken captive and later disappeared. -
Time when the Jews were taken captive by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. It is important because the exile and the return and restoration of the Jewish nation were fulfillments of Old Testament prophecies.