The Pentateuch

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The Pentateuch

• The First Five Books

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History of the Pentateuch

• Pentateuch means five scrolls in Greek
• It consists of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
  Numbers, and Deuteronomy
• The Jewish name for these books is the Torah,
  which means the Law. It is more than just the 10
  Commandments.
• Authorship is believed to be with Moses,
  supporting evidence for this occurs in Deut.
  3124-26
• Other references include Exodus 1714 233-4
  3427 Num. 332 Deut. 319

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History of the Pentateuch

• Authors from these books also give credit to
  Moses for authorship Joshua, 1 Kings, 2 Kings,
  Ezra, Nehemiah
• Authorship evidence is also found in the New
  Testament, such as Matthew 84, Luke 222, Mark
  144, John 117 and many more books do as well.
• As we know, Moses was Egyptian educated, he was
  being raised by Egyptian royalty to rule.
• There are many Egyptian names, words, phrases,
  and references to plants and animal life as well
  as geographical notations.

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Genesis- In the beginning..

• Genesis- Greek for beginning
• Genesis can be divided into 3 eras
• The first two are Creation and Failure, which are
  covered in Chapter s 1-11
• The third is Promise, which begins in Chapter 12
  with the call of Abram by God and ends with
  Jacobs family safely dwelling in Egypt (1876 BC)
• Moses is believed to have written Genesis while
  leading the people of Israel in the
  wilderness(1446-1406 BC)

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Genesis- In the beginning..

• In Creation God created for six days and rested
  on the seventh day.
• Day 1- Light
• Day2- Water, Sky
• Day 3- Land, Vegetation
• Day 4- Sun, Moon, Stars
• Day 5- Fish, Birds
• Day 6- Animals, people
• Day 7- God rests

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Genesis- In the beginning..

• Eve is deceived by the Serpent(Satan) and eats of
  the fruit and gives the fruit to Adam.
• Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden of
  Eden.
• God promises a future deliverer (315)
• God covers their nakedness through a sacrifice of
  an animals life. (321)
• Sin continues to spread throughout creation.
• Cain kills his brother Abel
• Seth is born and people begin calling on the name
  of the Lord.

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Genesis- In the beginning..

• In the line of Seth, two notables Enoch and
  Methusalah
• Enoch was taken to heaven without dying.
• Methuselah was the oldest person in the Bible
  (969)
• In the midst of wickedness, Noah found favor in
  the eyes of the Lord (68)
• Noah builds an ark (boat) for the Great Flood
  or Deluge and saves his family as well as some
  animals.
• God promises to never destroy all flesh again and
  makes a covenant with Noah through a rainbow.

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Genesis- In the beginning..

• The messiah will end up coming from the line of
  Shem, which is Noahs son.
• After the flood, people build a tower (Tower of
  Babel) to rival God.
• God destroys the tower and scatters the people
  throughout the earth.
• Then in Chapter 12 begins the story of Abraham.

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Genesis- Father of a Great Nation

• God calls Abram (Abraham) to go to an unknown
  land, where he will experience Gods blessing.
• Abraham goes to Canaan with Sarai (Sarah), his
  nephew Lot and their herds.
• Abraham and Lots herds grow too big and they
  separate.
• God makes a covenant with Abram and tells him he
  will have a son from his own flesh. Sarai is
  barren and cannot have children.
• Sarai convinces Abram to have a child with Hagar
  her maidservant.

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Genesis- Father of a Great Nation

• Hagar has a son named Ishmael.
• God confirms his covenant with Abram and Sarai by
  changing their names to Abraham and Sarah.
• The covenant is sealed with a blood covenant by
  circumcision. All of the males of his household
  must be circumcised. (Abraham was 99 years old.)
• Three angelic visitors come to Abraham and
  confirm Gods promise of Sarah having a child.
• The visitors also tell him that Sodom and
  Gomorrah will be destroyed.

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Genesis- Father of a Great Nation

• Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed, but Lot and his
  family are spared. (His wife turns to a pillar of
  salt.)
• Isaac is born to Sarah Hagar and Ishmael are
  sent away. (This begins the ongoing feud between
  Muslims and Jews up to present day).
• God tests Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, Abraham
  shows his faith so that God will fulfill His
  promise.
• Sarah Dies
• Abraham sends a servant to find a wife for Isaac,
  the servant brings back Rebekah.

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Genesis- Father of a Great Nation

• Abraham dies
• Rebekah has twin boys, Esau and Jacob.
• Esau is born first and Jacob second (birthright).
• Jacob tricks Esau into giving up his birthright.
• Jacob then gets his father Isaac to bless him,
  Esau threatens to kill Jacob and then Jacob runs
  away.
• Jacob goes to his Uncles house Laban.
• On the way to Labans house, Jacob has a dream
  and God restates his promise that he made to
  Abraham.

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Genesis- Father of a Great Nation

• Jacob marries Leah and Rachel.
• He has eleven sons by Leah, Rachel and their
  maidservants.
• Jacob leaves Laban to return home.
• Jacob is met by Esau and they reconcile their
  differences.
• Leahs daughter Dinah is raped by Shechem.
• Dinahs brothers Levi and Simeon kill every male
  in the city of Shechem.

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Genesis- Father of a Great Nation

• Rachel dies giving birth to Benjamin, Jacobs
  12th son.
• Jacob moves back to childhood home, Isaac dies.
• Esau moves away, his descendants become the
  nation of Edom.
• Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers.
• Joseph goes to Egypt.
• Jacob is heart broken over the loss.
• Joseph is accused by Potiphars wife and thrown
  into prison.

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Genesis- Father of a Great Nation

• Joseph interprets the pharaohs dreams and raised
  to ruler of Egypt, second only to Pharaoh
  himself.
• He saves the nation of Egypt from a famine.
• Joseph is reunited with his family as a result of
  the famine.
• Joseph promises not to take revenge on his
  brothers.
• Jacob blesses all his sons in addition to
  Manasseh and Ephraim (Josephs sons).
• Joseph prophesies that his people will return to
  the Promised Land one day, and he makes his
  brothers promise that their descendants will
  bring his bones back with them.