Abram, who later became Abraham, was born around 2000 BC in Ur and believed in monotheism rather than the polytheism of the Sumerians. God made a covenant with Abram to make him the father of a great nation if he migrated to Canaan. Around 1950 BCE, Abram led his family to Canaan as God instructed. God later changed Abram's name to Abraham, meaning "father of many." After a famine, the Hebrews moved to Egypt but were later enslaved, leading Moses to demand their freedom from the Pharaoh. After 10 plagues, the Pharaoh let the Hebrews go but changed his mind, so Moses parted the Red Sea allowing them to escape to the desert

2. Abram = Abraham
 Abram was born around 2000BC
in (1) UR.
 The Sumerians worshipped
many gods, known as (2)
POLYTHEISM, but Abram
believed in just one, known as
(3) MONOTHEISM.
 God came to him and said,
“Leave your own country and
your father’s house, and go to a
country that I will show you.”
 God made a (4) COVENANT, or
promise, with Abram to make
him a father of a great nation if
he migrated to (5) CANAAN.

3. Canaan
 Around (6) 1950 BCE , Abram led friends
and relatives from Ur to the land of
Canaan.
 God spoke to Abram when he was 99
years old and made a second (7)
COVENANT with Abram. God said he
would protect Abram’s people if they
devoted themselves to God.
 As a symbol of this covenant God
renamed Abram, “Abraham” which
means (8) “FATHER OF MANY.”

4. Abraham and Isaac

5. Hebrews in Egypt
 After about 100 years there was a
(9) FAMINE in Canaan and the
Hebrews had to move to (10)
EGYPT (1800BC)
 The Hebrews lived well in Egypt for
hundreds of years until around (11)
1290 BCE.
 The Egyptian (12) PHARAOH
feared the Hebrews would become
too powerful and he decided to
enslave the Hebrews.
 A man named Moses asked the
Pharaoh to free the Hebrews but
he said, “NO!”

6. The Ten Plagues
 God punished the Egyptians with (13) 10
PLAGUES.
 (14) LOCUSTS ate all the crops and the Nile
River turned to (15) BLOOD.
 After each plague, Moses asked the Pharaoh
to free the Hebrews but he said, “No!”
 The last plague killed every (16) FIRST BORN
SON in Egypt including the Pharaoh’s.
 The Pharaoh decided to let the Hebrews go,
but he changed his mind and sent the
Egyptian army after them!

7. Exodus
 Moses raised his staff and
parted the (17) RED SEA so
the Hebrews could cross.
The receding waters
drowned the Egyptian army.
 This escape is called the
(18) “EXODUS.”
 The Hebrews wandered the
desert for (19) 40 YEARS
before finally reaching
Canaan once again.
 Moses died before making it
back to Canaan.

8. Moses and the 10
Commandments

9. The Ten Commandments
 While they wandered the desert around the (20)
SINAI PENINSULA, Moses received the Ten
Commandments on (21) MOUNT SINAI, or
“Mountain of God.”
 The Ten Commandments set out laws:
 (22) MONOTHEISM
 Keep the (23) SABBATH, worship on the seventh day
of the week
 (24) MORALS: respect parents and no lying, stealing,
murder
 They were written on a stone tablet that became
known as the (25) ARK OF THE COVENANT