steward
takes care of something
Sarai
Abram’s wife
polytheism
belief in multiple gods
monotheism
belief in one God
Joseph
sold into slavery; became powerful (second in command in Egypt)
Jacob
other name: Israel, father of 12 tribes
Isaac
Abraham’s son that he almost sacrificed
Abraham
covenant, patriarch of Israel
covenant
promise/agreement
metanarrative
whole story
faith
trusting through belief
love
investing in someone’s Godward movement
sovereignty
all powerful/capable
abccba
chiastic form
patriarchy
male rule
rest in scripture
complete, ideal
getting back to the garden/perfect state
utopian desire
Creation Mandate
dominion, subdue, spread out
being made in the image of God
having dominion/a soul
spiritual death
separation from God (not just hell)
being made in Adam’s likeness
sin nature
40
trial, waiting, judgement
70
whole, complete, final
Abraham’s Covenant
land, seed, blessing (covenant is unconditional)
12 tribes in Egypt
Joseph and his brothers
Israel as slaves in Egypt
new Pharoah is intimidated by them and enslaves them
Jacob’s wives
Rachel, Leah, Bilhah, Zilpah
sovereignty in the life of Joseph
his brothers selling him into slavery leads to him being so powerful, Potiphar’s wife sends him to jail which leads to the discovery of his dream interpretation abilities, famine brings his brothers to Egypt for reconciliation
Zipporah
Moses’ wife
Aaron
Moses’ brother, first high priest
Jethro
Zipporah’s dad
Miriam
Moses’ sister
Pharoah
God uses him as an example
Moses
top dawg
Israelites
God’s people
Levites
levitical priesthood
God’s name
Yahweh/I am I am
passover
tenth plague, foreshadow of Christ’s death
tabernacle
meeting place, replaces by temple/us
God’s presence
comes down as fire
the Lord vs. Egypt’s gods
plagues show that He had power
Title “Exodus”
about the exit
unleavened bread
the bread that they didn’t have time to let rise when they were trying to leave Egypt
Mt Sinai as a marriage ceremony
God is the groom, Israel is the bride, Moses is the priest
Leviticus
about the Levites
contents of Leviticus
rituals, sacrifice instructions, clean/unclean, qualifications for priests
Exodus vs. Leviticus
God reaching out to save Israel vs. man reaching up to God
Numbers location
Sinai
Kadesh
location of rebellion against Moses and Aaron
40 years
amount of time Israel spent wandering
Deuteronomy
means second law, new group