Slides and Reading

• “Hebrews” refer to those who accepted Yahweh as their

  God, and much of their history is written in the Hebrew

  Bible, or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.
• “Israelites” refer to the descendants of the Hebrews,

  which originated from Abraham. His grandson, Jacob,

  had 12 sons, and their descendants became known as

  the 12 tribes of Israel.
• who was abraham's wife

  sarah
• since sarah couldnt bear children due to old age, what was the name of her maid that she gave to abraham to impregnate?

  hagar
• what was the name of hagar and abraham's son to which became the ancestor of arabs

  ishmael
• what was the name of sarah and abraham's son?; name meaning: "he laughs"


  isaac
• who was isaac's wife to which he had twins with?

  rebecca
• rebecca had a difficult pregnancy because of the twins inside her womb fighting. who were the twins?

  esau, jacob
• who in the twins had smooth skin, a scholar, and a man of thought?

  jacob
• who in the twins is described as a hairy man, a hunter, and a man of action?

  esau
• Hebrew Bible, also called the Tanak, is a collection of 24

  books, divided into 3 parts:

  The Torah (Teaching or law)

  Nevi’m (Prophets)

  Ketuvim (writings)
• PROPHETS (NEVI’IM)

  • Earlier Prophets:

  Joshua (Yehoshua)

  Judges (Shofetim)

  Samuel (Shemuel)

  Kings (Melakhim)

  • Later Prophets:

  Isaiah (Yeshayabu)

  Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu)

  Ezekiel (Yehezaqel)
• when rebecca learned of esau's plan to kill jacob, she sent jacob to her brother, laban, which is considered as one of the biggest crooks in the bible
• jacob met rachel, daughter of laban, and wanted to marry her. but he has to work for 7 years to get her hand for marriage
• at the end of the 7 years labor in exchange for rachel's hand in marriage, laban substituted rachel for her older sister, leah
• jacob was determined to have rachel. laban said another 7 years of labor. since rachel and leah now had difficulty conceiving, they gave him their handmaidens, zilpah and bilhah
• in all of jacob's children, he had 13, 12 sons and 1 daughter, which are: dinah, naphtali, asher, dan, joseph, judah, benjamin, issachar, gad, reuben, simeon, levi, zebulun