PART 2
The Flood to the Deliverance From Egypt
Only eight people survived the Flood, but in time they increased to number many thousands. Then, 352 years after the Flood, Abraham was born. We learn how God kept his promise by giving Abraham a son named Isaac. Then, of Isaac’s two sons, Jacob was chosen by God.
Jacob had a big family of 12 sons and some daughters. Jacob’s 10 sons hated their younger brother Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. Later, Joseph became an important ruler of Egypt. When a bad famine came, Joseph tested his brothers to see whether they had a change of heart. Finally, Jacob’s whole family, the Israelites, moved to Egypt. This happened 290 years after Abraham was born.
For the next 215 years the Israelites lived in Egypt. After Joseph died, they became slaves there. In time, Moses was born, and God used him to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. In all, 857 years of history are covered in Part TWO.
IN THIS SECTION
STORY 12
Men Build a Big Tower
God was not pleased, and the punishment he gave still affects people today.
STORY 13
Abraham—A Friend of God
Why did Abraham leave his comfortable home to spend the rest of his life living in tents?
STORY 17
Twins Who Were Different
Their father, Isaac, loved Esau more, but their mother, Rebekah, loved Jacob more.
STORY 22
Joseph Is Put Into Prison
He is sent there, not because he broke the law, but because he did what was right.
STORY 24
Joseph Tests His Brothers
How can he know whether they have really changed from the time that they sold him as a slave?
STORY 25
The Family Moves to Egypt
Why are the members of Jacob’s family called Israelites instead of Jacobites?
STORY 26
Job Is Faithful to God
Job lost his wealth, his health, and all his children. Was God punishing him?
STORY 28
How Baby Moses Was Saved
His mother finds a way around the law that all Israelite baby boys should be killed.
STORY 29
Why Moses Ran Away
Moses thought he was ready to save the Israelites when he was 40 years old, but he wasn’t.
STORY 30
The Burning Bush
Using a series of miracles, God tells Moses that the time has come for Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
STORY 31
Moses and Aaron See Pharaoh
Why doesn’t Pharaoh listen to Moses and release the Israelites?
STORY 32
The 10 Plagues
God brought 10 calamities on Egypt, all because the Egyptian ruler Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let the Israelites go.
STORY 33
Crossing the Red Sea
Moses parts the Red Sea by God’s power and the Israelites cross on dry land.
