Ancestral Period, Egypt/Exodus/Wilderness, Emergence in Canaan

Abraham

Sarah, Ur, Haran, Canaan

Issac family

Rebekah, Esau, Jacob

Jacob’s partners

Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah

Jacob’s sons

12 sons that become ancestors of 12 tribes of Israel

Joseph

rises to power in Egypt which helps to preserve the Israelites

Esau

elder son of Issac: ancestor of the Edomites

Jacob

younger son; ancestor of the Israelites

Moses

led the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt

Aaron

Moses’s brother and spokesman in Egypt; 1st high priest of Israelite religion

Rameses II

pharaoh of Egypt often suggested as the pharaoh of the Exodus

date of Exodus from Egypt

1250 BCE

deliverance from Egyptians at what body of water?

Red Sea

Moses went to be in God’s presence: ten commandments

revelation at Sinai/Horeb

How many spies sent to look over Canaan from where?

12 spies; Kadesh-barnea

Israelites in wilderness how long for disobedience?

40 years

chosen as successor to Moses

Joshua

Israelites enter Canaan by crossing what

Jordan River

site of Israelite camp during invasion of Canaan

Gilgal

site of the first Israelite battle in Canaan

Jericho

site of only Israelite defeat in Canaan

Ai

site of covenant renewal ceremony after invasion

Shechem

nephew of Caleb; defeated King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim

Othniel

left-handed judge from Benjamin who stabbed and killed King Eglon of Moab

Ehud

Israel’s only female judge; defeated forces of King Jabin of Canaan

Deborah

commander who aided Deborah to defeat Jabin of Canaan

Barak

defeated the Midianites with army of 300 people; people wanted to name him king

Gideon

defeated the Ammonites; made a rash vow and lost his daughter

Jephthah

Nazirite judge of superhuman strength; series of actions against Philistines

Samson

priest; prophet; judge; anointed first two kings of Israel

Samuel