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