Cast of CharactersCast of Characters

AbrahamAbraham SarahSarah LotLot HagarHagar IshmaelIshmael

IsaacIsaac EsauEsau JacobJacob

(Israel)(Israel)

LeahLeah RachelRachel

ZilpahZilpah BilhahBilhah ReubenReuben SimeonSimeon LeviLevi

JudahJudah IssacharIssachar ZebulunZebulun DinahDinah GadGad

AsherAsher Dan Dan NaphtaliNaphtali JosephJoseph BenjaminBenjamin

AbrahamAbraham

• Original name “Abram”Original name “Abram”

• Leaves Ur for Canaan in Leaves Ur for Canaan in 2000 B.C.2000 B.C.

• Covenant with YHWHCovenant with YHWH

• Common Ancestor for Common Ancestor for Semitic PeoplesSemitic Peoples

• First PatriarchFirst Patriarch

• Founder of MonotheismFounder of Monotheism

• Father of Judaism, Father of Judaism, Christianity & IslamChristianity & Islam

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Abraham’s JourneyAbraham’s JourneyAbraham’s JourneyAbraham’s JourneyAbraham’s JourneysAbraham’s JourneysAbraham’s JourneysAbraham’s Journeys

MediterraneanMediterranean

EgyptEgypt

Haran & Haran & Ur of the Ur of the

ChaldeansChaldeans(Iraq)(Iraq)

CanaanCanaan

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Abraham’s Journey to Egypt Abraham’s Journey to EgyptAbraham’s Journey to Egypt Abraham’s Journey to Egypt

EgyptEgyptNileNile

Nile DeltaNile Delta

Mediterranean SeaMediterranean Sea

SinaiSinai

CanaanCanaanAbraham’s Journey to EgyptAbraham’s Journey to Egypt

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LotLot

• Abraham’s NephewAbraham’s Nephew

• Leaves Ur with AbrahamLeaves Ur with Abraham

• Arrives in Canaan and tends Arrives in Canaan and tends his flockshis flocks

• Abraham offers him the first Abraham offers him the first choice where to move.choice where to move.

• Selects SodomSelects Sodom

• Forced to flee God’s WrathForced to flee God’s Wrath

SarahSarah

• Original name is “Sarai”Original name is “Sarai”• Changed to Sarah as part of Changed to Sarah as part of

the Covenant the Covenant (Gen. 17: 7-11)(Gen. 17: 7-11)

• Gives her husband her Gives her husband her servant Hagar.servant Hagar.

• Becomes jealous and casts Becomes jealous and casts her out.her out.

• Barren until the age of 90Barren until the age of 90• When she hears that she will When she hears that she will

bear a child she laughs.bear a child she laughs.• Her son Isaac – “Laughed”Her son Isaac – “Laughed”

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HagarHagar

• Sarah’s HandmaidenSarah’s Handmaiden

• Given to Abraham as a Given to Abraham as a “wife”“wife”

• Gives birth to IshmaelGives birth to Ishmael

• Forced out of the householdForced out of the household

• Forced to survive in the Forced to survive in the desertdesert

• Finds water and saves her Finds water and saves her son.son.

IshmaelIshmael

• Abraham’s first son Abraham’s first son through Hagarthrough Hagar

• Sent into the desert with Sent into the desert with his mother, Hagarhis mother, Hagar

• Marries and has 12 sons Marries and has 12 sons that lead 12 tribes.that lead 12 tribes.

• Descendents will Descendents will become Muslimsbecome Muslims

IsaacIsaac

• Father of the JewsFather of the Jews

• Name means Name means “laughter”“laughter”

• Offered as a sacrificeOffered as a sacrifice

• Brother of IshmaelBrother of Ishmael

• Father of Jacob and Father of Jacob and EsauEsau

EsauEsau

• Son of IsaacSon of Isaac

• Twin of Jacob; 1Twin of Jacob; 1stst Born Born

• Rugged HunterRugged Hunter

• Opposite his brotherOpposite his brother

• Sells birthright for a Sells birthright for a bowl of lentil soupbowl of lentil soup

• Father of the EdomitesFather of the Edomites

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Jacob (Israel)Jacob (Israel)

• Born grasping Esau’s heelBorn grasping Esau’s heel• Spiritually mindedSpiritually minded• Flees after receiving Isaac’s Flees after receiving Isaac’s

BlessingBlessing• Dreams of a ladder Dreams of a ladder

connecting Heaven and connecting Heaven and Earth – Jacob’s LadderEarth – Jacob’s Ladder

• Names the spot “Bethel”Names the spot “Bethel”• Marries Leah and RachelMarries Leah and Rachel• Returns home and wrestles Returns home and wrestles

an angelan angel• Receives a blessing and his Receives a blessing and his

name is changed to “Israel”name is changed to “Israel”

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Genesis 17: 7-11Genesis 17: 7-11• GEN 17:7-11 "I will establish my covenant GEN 17:7-11 "I will establish my covenant

as an everlasting covenant between me as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan, after you. The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their descendants after you; and I will be their God. This is my covenant with you and God. This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. You are to undergo shall be circumcised. You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you." covenant between me and you." Back