Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

generations passed from Noah’s son Shem to Abraham. Twenty generations after Adam’s failure, God selected Abraham to birth a new nation and become God’s covenant representative on Earth. The children of Abraham, identified early as Israelites, would carry the name children of Israel and later be identified globally as Jews .2 Abraham was first called a Hebrew in Genesis 14:13. It is the word Ivri , meaning, “one from the other side,” alluding to God bringing Abraham from Ur (the other side of the river Euphrates) to the Promised Land. Abraham, at age one hundred, and Sarah, at age ninety, bore Sarah’s only son, Isaac (Gen. 21:5). Isaac, whose Hebrew name Yitzchak means “laughter,” would marry at age forty (Gen. 25:20), and his wife, Rebekah, would birth twins, Esau and Jacob (Gen. 25:25–26). God Himself eventually changed Jacob’s name to Israel. Jacob’s twelve sons would produce offspring, growing into twelve tribes, becoming the nation of Israel . Moving Them Out to Move Them In To survive a massive famine, Jacob’s family loaded the wagons, traveled to Egypt, and settled in a region in Egypt called Goshen (Gen. 45:10). After several hundred years, Israel grew into a multitude, striking fear in the heart of a new Egyptian king who was concerned that the Hebrew men could eventually overrun the Egyptian empire. The Hebrew people were forced into slavery to build treasure cities for the Egyptians (Exod. 1:11). The time came for God to move them out of Egypt and move