Old Testament Highlights (Genesis – Judges)

Genesis The story of creation Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel Noah and the Great Flood Tower of Babel – assembly of all people on Earth One common language Attempted to build a tower that reached the sky God scattered the people all over the earth Abraham, Sarah and Hagar Isaac and Ishmael (Christianity and Islam) Melchizedek – Mysterious priest with ... Read More

Genesis

The story of creationAdam, Eve, Cain and AbelNoah and the Great FloodTower of Babel – assembly of all people on EarthOne common languageAttempted to build a tower that reached the skyGod scattered the people all over the earthAbraham, Sarah and HagarIsaac and Ishmael (Christianity and Islam)Melchizedek – Mysterious priest with an everlasting legacySodom and GomorrahLot’s unmarried daughters got their father drunk and raped him and gave birth to the Moabites and AmmonitesJacob and EsauThe twin’s feud began in the wombJacob stole Esau’s birthright which is typically given to the oldest sonJacob renamed IsraelJosephJacob’s favorite sonDreamerSold off as a slave by his brothersEventually became the second most powerful man of EgyptJudah – Joseph’s  older half-brotherHad three sons named Er, Onan and ShelahEr died and Onan was supposed to get his wife, Tamar, pregnant but he spilled his seed on the ground insteadUltimately Tamar pretended to be a prostitute and was impregnated by her father-in-law, Judah.

Exodus

Moses, Egypt and the IsraelitesThe Ten CommandmentsSlavery or Indentured ServanthoodArk of the CovenantPriesthood – Lineage of Aaron

Leviticus

Sacrifices and OfferingsTribe of Levi establishedClean and unclean instancesDay of AtonementLaw and OrderReligious FestivalsSabbath Year and Year of Jubilee

Numbers

The Twelve TribesPreparing for the Promise LandBalaam’s Prophecies and Downfall

Deuteronomy

Laws, Commandments and Order RemindersMoses hands power to JoshuaMoses dies

Joshua

Scouting the Promise LandRahab the ProstituteWas she the great-great grandmother of King David?They defeated 31 kingdomsWalls of JerichoConquering AIDelegation of LandJoshua dies

Judges

Judges (instead of Kings)Gideon and the 300Abimilek – killing brothers to become kingDeborah the Judge and ProphetessSamson and DelilahLevite and the Concubine