06.04. The Beginnings of the Jewish People

The Beginnings of the Jewish People The genealogical records of Gen 5:1-32 and Gen 11:1-32 record the descendants of Adam down to Abraham. Abraham was called by God to go to the land of Canaan, (Gen 12:1-20) promised the land and that he would become a great nation. Genesis chapters 12 to 50 document the lives of Abraham and his descendants to the time of Joseph and his brothers in Egypt where they would live for 430 years. While Abraham had a number of sons, the lineage to the Jewish people was through Isaac and then through his son Jacob. The book of Exodus picks up several hundred years after their move to Egypt with Moses, who was to deliver the Israelites from Egypt and take them back to the promised land of Canaan. Joshua takes over after the death of Moses on the East side of the Jordan and crosses it to conquer the land.