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Genesis 4
• As people multiply, violence and corruption
spreads across the world
Genesis 5 - 6:5
• God grieves over how bad things get. He
sends a worldwide flood to destroy all but the
family of Noah and one pair of each animal
who can repopulate the earth.
Genesis 6:6-9
• Noah’s descendants ignore God and seek to
build a city and tower to their own greatness.
Genesis 11:1-4
• God breaks them up by separating them into
different languages and nations across the
world.
Genesis 12-20
• Though imperfect, Abraham believes God and
follows him, even though he and his wife are
very old and have no son.
Genesis 12 - 20
• After 25 years of waiting, God gives Abraham
and his wife a son, Isaac, who will inherit
God’s promises.
Genesis 21 - 24
(Job is set sometime around this time period)
• When he grows up, Isaac has twin sons. God
chooses the younger twin, Jacob, to inherit his
promises.
Genesis 25 - 27
• Jacob is a deceiver, but
God changes him, and
changes his name to
Israel.
Genesis 28-35:15
• Israel has 12 sons. One
son, Joseph, trusts in
and obeys God. But
the other brothers are
jealous of Joseph and
sell him into slavery.
Genesis 35:16-38
• Through amazing
circumstances, Joseph
becomes prime
minister of Egypt, and
the rest of the family
comes to join him.
Genesis 39-50
• Puzzle: How can God bless all nations and
restore the world through these people?
2) Exodus Experience (1250 BC)
• Many years later, Israel’s descendents have
grown to hundreds of thousands, but they are
now all Egyptian slaves.
Exodus 1
• God raises up a man, Moses, to lead them out
of Egypt.
Exodus 2 – 7:13
• After a series of divinely caused plagues, the
Egyptian king agrees to let Moses and the
Israelites leave miraculously.
Exodus 7:14 - 18
• Once they are out of Egypt,
God gives Moses and the
Israelites 10
commandments and other
laws to follow, saying they
will be blessed if they obey,
but cursed if they disobey.
Exodus 19 – Numbers 12
• The rescued Israelites keep
rebelling against God. So
God says He will not permit
them to enter their
promised land. They have
to travel in the wilderness
until their generation dies
out.
Numbers 14 - 36
3) Entry into the Promised Land (1200 BC)
Deuteronomy 1 - Joshua 24
• However, the very next
generation turns to
worshipping other gods.
Judges 1 - 2
• For the next 300 years, the Israelites follow a
pattern: They face a foe, they call out to God,
God sends someone to help them, but once
their problem is solved, they turn away from
God again.
Judges 3 - 1 Samuel 7
4.) Creation of A Monarchy (1020 BC)
1 Samuel 8 - 10
• Saul begins well, but he
starts disobeying God
and God tells Saul
(through a prophet) he
will replace him.
1 Samuel 11 - 15
• God chooses David to be the next king, David
obeys and trusts in God, and Israel prospers.
2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17
• When David gets older though, he commits
adultery and murder, and he and his kingdom
starts to deteriorate.
I Kings 13 - 2 Kings 17
Hosea, Amos, Jonah
6. Southern Kingdom Falls and the Exile (587-
537 BC)
• During this same time period, a few kings and
people in Judah trust in God, but most don’t.
After many warnings, after Israel’s fall, God
has Judah conquered also. However, God
promises he will bring a remnant
back to their land.