Old Testament

Presentation: Genesis 12-50 (ppt) and (pdf)

 

Course:  Old Testament History

 

Genesis (12-50) From Abram to Joseph (cont.)

 

 

4.  The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah

     

      a)  Abraham at Mamre

Mamre

Near to Hebron.

Abraham was visited by angels

Genesis 18:1, ‘And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;’

 

The Lord promised

• Abraham that Sarah would have a son.
• Sodom and Gomorrah would be destroyed.

 

 

      b)  Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed

Example of end time judgment

 

Luke 17:28-30  ‘Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.’

• The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was sudden and not expected.
• God delivered Lot and his family before the cities were destroyed.

 

Lot hated living among ungodly people.

God knows how to deliver the righteous.

(2 Peter 2: 6-9)

 

 

c)      The descendants of Lot

• Lot dwelt at Zoar

Lot dwelt in a cave with his two daughters.

They now had no hope of children

Made their father Lot drunk.

Lay down with him.

 

• Moab and Ammon

 

 

 

The descendants of Lot

Moab -  father of the Moabites

Ben-Ammi - father of the Ammonites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  Moriah and Machpelah.

 

a)      Isaac offered up at Mount Moriah

 

• Jehovah Jireh (The LORD will provide)

Mount Moriah – Jerusalem

Powerpoint slide:  Jerusalem.  Place where Abraham offered up Isaac.

 

Genesis 22:5  ‘And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.’

Where is the lamb for a burnt offering? (22:7)

God will provide Himself the lamb for a burnt offering  22:8.

Abraham trusted the Lord to keep covenant. Genesis 22:9-12

 

• A ram in the thicket

Genesis 22:13  ‘And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.’

Powerpoint Slide:

A ram caught in a thicket was a common sight.

 

Ram in thicket from Ur of Chaldees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    b)  Cave of Machpelah before Mamre.  (Genesis 23)

Deeded to Abraham – burial place.

Sarah dies in Kirjath Arba (Hebron) aged 127 years.

Abraham negotiates with the Hittites, sons of Heth. Field of Ephron

Cave of Machpelah

Bought for 400 shekels of silver.

(note the price – Joseph was sold for 20 shekels of silver).

 

 

Burial place of:

Sarah and Abraham

Rebekah and Isaac

Leah (Genesis 49:29-33)

Jacob (Genesis 50:1-14)

 

 

 

Powerpoint slide:

Cave of Machpelah

 

 

6.  Rebekah comes from Haran.

    

      a)  Finding a bride for Isaac.

Abraham sends Eliezer (his servant) to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. (Genesis 24)

The city of Nahor is most likely Haran.

Nahor was Abram’s brother.  He settled in Haran. 

Clay tablets from Mari refer to a place called Nahur.

 

During the time of Ashurbanipal it was known as Nahuru. 

The ruins were called by the Assyrians, Til-Nahiri (Mound of Nahor).

 

 

Rebekah was the sister of Laban the Syrian (Genesis 25:20).

Her father was Bethuel - the son of Nahor (Abram’s brother) and his wife Milcah (Genesis 24:24)

Bethuel was known as the Syrian of Padan Aram (Genesis 25:20).

 

 

 

b)      Jacob and Esau

 

• The right of the first born.  The birthright (Deut 21:16-17)

The right of the first born could be lost.

Reuben forfeited his birthright – given to the children of Joseph (1 Chron.5:1-2).

 

• Lentils - Jacob and Esau.  Jacob's lentil soup  (Genesis 25:29-34)

Nutricious soup.  Seeds have fast cooking time

Can be mixed with rice which takes a similar time to cook.

Jacob shows how easily the birthright could be taken away from Esau.  He desired to fulfil his appetites.

Esau was sensual not spiritual. (Heb. 12:16-17)

He despised his birthright.

He lost the birthright because he had no regard to spiritual things.

 

 

• The blessing (Genesis 27)

Jacob deceives his father to receive the blessing of the firstborn.

Isaac’s eyes are dim.

Jacob put on Esau’s clothing.

Jacob’s received the blessing by deception.  

 

c)        Leah and Rachel

 

• Jacob goes to Haran to find a wife. (Genesis 28)

Jacob marries Leah and Rachel (his cousins) - the daughters of Laban

 

• Sisters rivalry over Jacob - Mandrakes

Genesis 30:14-18

The Hebrew word for mandrakes is  Mydwd (duwday) which means love-apple. It was associated with exciting sexual desire, and pregnancy.

Leah gave her sister Rachel mandrakes in return Leah spent the night with Jacob.

Leah was the one who became pregnant.

 

Song of Songs 7:13

 

• Jacob given the name Israel.  Jacob wrestles with the Angel.  (Genesis 32)

He was given the name Israel - One who has fought with God and prevailed.

Jacob meets his brother Esau again.  (Genesis 33)

 

• Rachel’s tomb outside Bethlehem

Genesis 35:18-20.  Rachel died in childbirth.  She called the boy Benoni but Jacob called him Benjamin.

 

 

9.  Joseph in Egypt

 

       a)  Chronology

 

Joseph sold by his brothers to the Ishmaelites for 20 pieces of silver.  (Genesis 37:28)

Joseph’s rise to power in Egypt  took place during the 13th dynasty.

 

 

Genealogy of Joseph	BC	From Adam
Joseph sold	1728	2276	17	Gen 37:2
Before Pharaoh	1715	2289	30	Gen 41:46
Plenty	1715-1708		7	Gen 41:53
Famine	1707-1700		7	Gen 41:54
Brothers in Egypt	1706	2298	2nd year of famine	Gen 45:6
Jacob in Egypt	1706-5	2298	130	Gen 47:9
Jacob died	1689	2315	147	Gen 47:28
Joseph died	1635	2369	110	Gen 50:26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph was in Egypt during the time of the thirteenth dynasty

His wife was Asenath, daughter of Poti-Pherah (priest of On).

His sons were born during the 7 years of plenty.  (Genesis 41:50)

Manasseh and Ephraim

 

 

Jacob and his family moved to Egypt

Seventy people + Joseph and his sons (Exodus 1:5)

Fruitful – multiplied (Exodus 1:7)

Mighty – land filled with them.

 

Powerpoint Slide:

Pharaoh Sobekhotep IV  (c. 1720 BC)

 

     b)   A new king in Egypt.

Exodus 1:8  ‘Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.’

New king made them slaves (1:8-11)

Built the cities of Pithom and Raamses

 

The Hyksos ruled Egypt during the 15th, 16th and 17th Dynasty’s.

They were finally expelled by Ahmose I (c. 1548 BC)

 

Powerpoint Slide:

Ahmose I expelling the Hyksos

 

‘Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.  And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.’ (Exodus 12:40-41)

 

Exodus – 1492BC

430 years – the Exodus was exactly 430 years from the time the children of Israel began their dwelling or sojourning.

 

1922 BC According to Ussher’s chronology this is the date Abram arrived in Canaan.

 

70 went to Egypt

600,000 men (Exodus 12:37)

Women, children and mixed multitude.

At least 2,000,000 people altogether.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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