Slide 1 ______

The Patriarchs ______

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Slide 2 ______The Stages of the Story ______

 Patriarchs ______ The nation of Israel  Jesus  The early church ______

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Slide 3 ______The Old Testament ______

 5 books of Law ______ 12 books of History  5 books of Poetry  5 books of Major Prophets ______ 12 books of Minor Prophets ______

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______Slide 12 ______Before the Patriarchs ______

 Cain and Abel  Brothers, Cain kills Abel  Noah and the flood  Ark saves Noah and ______family from flood  Tower of Babel  Many languages ______

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Slide 13 ______Age of the Patriarchs ______ Abraham ◼ “I will make you into a great nation and I will ______bless you;

◼ “I will make your name great and you will be a blessing; ______

◼ “I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse; ______◼ “and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” ◼ Genesis 12:2-3 ______

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Slide 14 ______Abraham ______

 Monotheism vs. Polytheism ______ Three dominant monotheistic religions:

◼ Judaism

◼ Christianity ______

◼ Islam  All three have roots in Abraham ______

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______Slide 15 ______Abraham’s Life ______

 The story of Abraham takes up more than 1/4th of the 50 chapters of Genesis (11:27- ______25:11)  Originally named Abram; God made a ______covenant with him in Genesis 17 and gave him a new name (Abraham) ______

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Slide 16 ______Abraham’s Life ______

 Abraham is promised a son (15) ______ Sarai suggests Hagar, her maidservant. She gives birth to Ishmael and Sarai is mad (16) ______ Isaac is born  Offering of Isaac ______

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Slide 17 ______Age of the Patriarchs ______

 Abraham ______ Isaac and Ishmael  Jacob and Esau  Joseph and his brothers ______

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______Slide 18 ______Jacob’s Sons ______ Leah’s Sons  Bilhah’s Sons ◼ Dan ◼ Reuben ______◼ Naphtali ◼ Simeon

◼ Levi  Zilpah’s Sons ◼ Gad ◼ Judah ◼ Asher ______◼ Issachar  Rachel’s Sons ◼ Zebulun ◼ Joseph

◼ Benjamin ______

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Slide 19 ______Joseph ______

 Rachel’s first son, Jacob’s favorite ______ The epitome of “bad things happening to good people” but also of overcoming trials  Reunites with family through famine ______ They move to Egypt and grow greatly in numbers and wind up enslaved ______

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