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The first form of writing (cuneiform) was created in Mesopotamia
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Abraham was born and is the father of the Israelites
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God made a covenant with Abram saying that He will make Abram into a great nation, makes his name great, and all people on earth will be blessed through him.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham
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God assures Abram that he will have a heir with Sarai
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Abram has a son with Hagar
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God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
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God furthermore proves that He can supply, and that He is enough. He can take back something as easily as He gave it away. https://biblehub.com/timeline/
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The pharaoh of Egypt during Abraham's time
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Amenemhat I was the Pharaoh of Egypt when Abraham was alive. https://www.quora.com/Abraham-biblical-figure-What-is-the-approximate-time-period-during-which-Abram-most-likely-visited-Egypt-and-who-was-likely-the-Pharaoh-during-Abrams-visit
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Joseph becomes second in command in Egypt. The pharaoh found favor in Joseph after Joseph interpreted pharaoh's dream. https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/philosophy-and-religion/biblical-proper-names-biographies/joseph
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Joseph's brothers were jealous of him, because Jacob favored Joseph, so they sold him into slavery. http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/e3.htm
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Potiphar found favor in Joseph, and made Joseph manage all of his things https://biblehub.com/timeline/genesis/1.htm
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Potiphar's wife tricked Potiphar into thinking that Joseph went to bed with her. So Potiphar send Joseph to jail. https://biblehub.com/timeline/genesis/1.htm
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Hebrew writing is branched off from the Phoenicians
Known as Semitic scripts - Aleph Bet
Pictographic
Written from Right to Left
No punctuation/capitalization. different grammar rules
No verses in the Bible
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The life of Jacob, started at 70 when Jacob tricked Isaac into giving him Esau's birthright. Ended in Egypt when Jacob died. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sojh1ZugDeUlxDRNxqrq0MpTaF8ChscHEtuQvlhtLO0/edit#slide=id.p
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In Genesis 27:27-30 it shows Isaac blessing Jacob, and its the same as how God blessed Jesus when He sent Jesus down for us. Both Jacob and Jesus had nations serve them and people bow down to them. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+27&version=NIV http://www.biblicalcalendarproof.com/Timeline/EsauJacobBirth
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Genesis was written by Moses in Egypt.
Genesis = Beginnings
Ch. 1-11 are impossible to "date", but Abram/Abraham is born around c. 2166 b.c
Genre & Literary Style: 2 Historical Narratives & a few passages of poetry & some genealogy
Themes & Structure:
Creation, death, flood, covenant, providence
Ch. 1-11: creation, fall, flood, Babel
Ch. 12-50: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph
https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/don_stewart/don_stewart_678.cfm -
King of Egypt, Ramesses II died
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The fall of the Hellenistic Civilization lead to the New Testament.
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In Matthew 15:29-39 it shows 5000 people learning from Jesus, and by creating bread to feed the 5000 it answers the blessing Isaac passed down the Jacob as Jesus has an abundance of bread and people bow down to Jesus. This is part of the covenant God made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that their blessing would be passed down to their offspring, and Jesus is Jacob's offspring. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+14&version=NIV https://biblehub.com/timeline/
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This was when the New Testament started to take place
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Jesus died on the cross in Rome
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/when-precisely-did-jesus-die-the-year-month-day-and-hour-revealed -
Paul's first missionary journey lead him from Antioch to Cyprus http://christianityinview.com/paulstimeline.html
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Paul's second missionary journey brought him to Cilicia
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Paul's missionary Journey brought him to Ephesus
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I was born in Hong Kong
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In Genesis 17, God promised Abraham to make Isaac, and Ishmael into a great nation. To this date, Jews and Arabs still exists and combined to be the majority of the population's religious beliefs. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism combine to be over 50% of the world's religious population https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=Ishmael&qs_version=CEB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations
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In Genesis 37:24-28, I can relate to Joseph as right now in my life I feel like I'm also in a hole not knowing what will go on in my life in the future. I was suppose to move to Canada with my parents, but because of some issues with the immigration papers we can't leave yet. It feels like I have no choice of my own decisions and it's all up to my parents, just like how Joseph would've felt when he was being sold to Ishmaelites.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+37&version=CEB