I used to teach a simple Old Testament introduction using some ideas from Melton Short's book, The OT made simple. Recently I found the notes and thought if you are not familiar with the OT storyline you might find this a useful quick introduction.

1. 7 Major Moves of People
in the Old Testament
Based upon Melton Short’s book,
The Old Testament Made Simple
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2. Overview
1 - Eden to Ur
2 - Ur to Haran
3 - Haran to Israel
4 - Israel to Egypt
5 - Egypt back to Israel
6 - Israel to Babylon
7 - Babylon to Israel
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3. Outline of the Old
Testament
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4. The Geography of the
Old Testament
♦ Egypt ♦ Eden
♦ Red Sea ♦ The Tigris and
♦ Mount Sinai Euphrates
♦ Moab ♦ Babylon
♦ The Fertile ♦ Ur
Crescent ♦ Haran
♦ Mediterranean ♦ Israel
Sea ♦ River Jordan
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5. Mark (in pencil) with an ‘X’ the location of the following places on the above map:
Eden The Tigris and Euphrates Babylon
Ur Haran Israel
River Jordan Egypt The Red Sea
Mount Sinai Moab The Fertile Crescent
The Mediterranean Sea
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6. Some Important Places in the Old Testament
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7. Modern Political Map of Countries in the Fertile Crescent
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8. 1 - Eden to Ur
♦ Genesis 1 - 11
♦ Eden / Creation Gen. 1
♦ Adam & Eve Sinned / Fell
♦ Driven Out by God
♦ Multiplied
♦ Noah - 8 Survivors
♦ Spreading Out / Migration
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9. 1 - Eden to Ur
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10. 2 - Ur to Haran
♦ Ur is in southern Iraq
♦ Life of Abram Gen. 11:27-12 etc
♦ Promises made to Abram
♦ The role of Terah
♦ The move was not completed until
the death of Terah Gen. 12:32
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11. 2 - Ur to Haran
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12. 3 - Haran to Israel
♦ Terah died then Abram moved on
♦ Why had Abram not moved on
earlier?
♦ Disobedience
♦ Lack of faith
♦ Concern for his father etc
♦ The nation then is born in Israel
and then begins to develop
♦ 25 years since the original promise
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13. 3 - Haran to Israel
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14. The Life and Journeys of Abraham
Genesis 11:31 – 25:10
1. Ur to Haran Gen. 11:31 6. Travels in Israel
2. Haran to Shechem Rescue of Lot Gen.14:1
Gen. 12:1-6 Altar built Tithes to Melchizedek
(7) Gen. 14
3. Shechem to Bethel Three angels appear
Gen. 12:8 Gen. 18:1
Altar/Prayer/Sacrifices Sodom destroyed Gen.
19:24
4. Bethel to Egypt
Isaac born / Hagar and
Gen. 12:10
Ishmael into desert
Denied Sarah was his Offer of Isaac as a
wife sacrifice Gen. 22:9
5. Egypt to Bethel Burial of Sarah Gen. 23
Gen. 13:1-4 Death of Abraham Gen.
25:7
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15. 4 - Israel to Egypt
♦ Abraham - Isaac - Jacob
♦ Jacob and the 12 tribes
♦ Joseph sold by his brothers
♦ Joseph raised up by God in Egypt
♦ Famine and relocation to Egypt
♦ Originally for only a few years - in
fact the Israelites spent >400 years
in Egypt
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16. 4 - Israel to Egypt
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17. 5 - Egypt to Israel
♦ A Pharaoh who did not know of
Joseph - things changed
dramatically
♦ Israel grew rapidly, considered to
be a ‘foreign nation’ within Egypt –
and treated as such
♦ The Israelites prayed fervently for
a deliverer - Moses was raised up
♦ The return to Israel took 40 yrs
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18. 5 - Egypt to Israel
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19. 6 - Israel to Babylon
♦ Approximately 1000 years later
when king Nebuchadnezzar
carried large groups into captivity
in Babylon
♦ This then lasted for the next 70
years
♦ The southern kingdom, Judah,
went 70 years after Israel had
gone
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20. 6 - Israel to Babylon
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21. 7 - Babylon to Israel
♦ The prophets had warned prior to
the exile that unless Judah
returned to the LORD they would
be carried into captivity
♦ They had also prophesied that
after 70 years they would return
♦ Babylon was overthrown by the
Persians (Cyrus 559-530 was king)
and Israel was allowed to return
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22. 7 - Babylon to Israel
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