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7220720440Cain and AbelBook of Genesis; Sons of Adam and Eve. The brothers made sacrifices to God, but God favored Abel's sacrifices. Cain murders Abel and God punishes him to a life of wandering and put a mark on him where no man would kill him.0
7220739626Tower of BabelBook of Genesis; a united humanity in the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating eastward, comes to Shinar. There, they agree to build a city and a tower tall enough to reach heaven. God, seeing this, confounds their speech so that they cannot understand each other, and scatters them around the world.1
7220740863Abraham and IsaacGenesis 22; In the story of the Binding of Isaac, God asks Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, or Moriah. Abraham begins to comply when a messenger from God interrupts him. Abraham then sees a ram and sacrifices it instead.2
7220741976David and GoliathBook of Samuel; Goliath of Gath is the Biblical giant defeated by David, the Champion of the God of Israel. Christian tradition sees David's battle with Goliath the victory of God's king over the enemies of God's helpless people as a prefiguring of Jesus's victory over sin.3
7220742318Jonah and the WhaleBook of Jonah; God called Jonah to tell him to preach to Nineveh. Jonah hated this idea and ran away. God sent a great storm which threw Jonah overboard. God then sends a whale to save Jonah from drowning. Jonah was delivered to Nineveh where he preached to them and they converted from their wicked ways.4
7220751275Moses and the ExodusBook of Exodus; God sends Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. God allowed Aaron, his brother to be his spokesperson. After the ten plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments.5
7220753559Samson and DelilahBook of Judges; Delilah is the "Woman in the valley of Sorek" whom Samson loved, and who was his downfall. Samson was a man who was given great strength by God but who ultimately lost his strength when Delilah allowed the Philistines to shave his hair during his slumber.6
7220756318Daniel in the Lion's DenBook of Daniel; Daniel is raised to high office by Darius the Mede, but jealous rivals trick Darius into issuing a decree which condemns Daniel to death. Unable to save him, the king casts him into a pit of lions. Daniel says that God had sent an angel to close the jaws of the lions. The king has those who conspired against Daniel as well as their wives and children thrown to the lions.7
7220760799Sodom and GomorrahBook of Genesis; The kingdoms of Sodom and Gomorrah were allied with the cities of Admah, Zeboim, and Bela. Divine judgement by God was passed upon Sodom and Gomorrah and 2 neighboring cities, which were completely consumed by fire and brimstone. Sodom and Gomorrah have been used as metaphors for vice and homosexuality which is viewed as deviation.8
7220762208John the BaptistNew Testament; John used baptism as the central symbol or sacrament of his messianic movement. It is said that John was the one to baptize Jesus. Some of Jesus's early followers had previously been followers of John. John had anticipated a messianic figure greater than himself. He announces Jesus's coming.9
7220762209Joseph and the Coat of Many ColorsBook of Genesis; Joseph's fatehr favored him and gave him the coat as a gift. His brothers grew suspicious of him and plotted against him. Reuben, the eldest, planned to rescue Joseph. However, in his absence, the other brothers planned to sell Joseph to Ishmaelite merchants for 20 pieces of silver and then dipped his coat in goat blood, blaming a wild beast attack.10
7220762776Parable of the Prodigal SonLuke 15:11-32; In the story, a father has two sons. The younger son asks for his inheritance after wasting his fortune. He returns home with the intention of begging his father to be his hired servant. The father welcomes him and celebrates his return. The older brother refuses to participate. The father reminds the older son that one day he will inherit everything, but they should still celebrate his brother's return.11
7220762777LazarusGospel of John; Lazarus of Bethany is the subject of a prominent miracle of Jesus, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. The rising of Lazarus demonstrates to others the power of Jesus over the "last and most irresistible enemy of humanity - death."12
7220762778JudasNew Testament; Judas Iscariot was one of the twelve original disciples of Jesus Christ and son of Simon Iscariot. Judas is known for the kiss and betrayal of Jesus to the Sanhedrin for thirty silver coins. His place among the twelve apostles was later filled by Matthias.13
7220762779SolomonBook of Kings, Book of Cronicles; Solomon was known to be the builder of the first temple of Jerusalem. He has great wisdom, wealth, and power. Ultimately, he is a human who has sinned. His sins included idolarity, and turning away from Yahweh.14
7220763012Noah and the FloodBook of Gensis; God instructs Noah to build an ark which he, his, sons, and their wives together with male and female of all living creatures would be saved from the water. They were saved from the flood and Noah built an alter and made a sacrifice to God.15
7220763013ElijahBook of Kings; Elijah was a prophet and a miracle worker God also performed many miracles through Elijah, including resurrection, bringing fire down from the sky, and entering Heaven. He is portrayed as leading a school of prophets16
7220763014Adam and EveBook of Genesis; Adam and Eve were the first man and woman and the ancestors of all humans. God created human beings in the Garden of Eden. This belief is central to the scriptural basis where the two are responsible for the fall of man and original sin.17
7220763095Ruth and NaomiBook of Ruth; The book tells of Ruth's accepting the God of the Israelite as her own God. Ruth tells Naomi, "where you go I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people and you God, is my God, Where you die I die and there I will be buried.18
7220763096Jonathan and DavidBook of Samuel; Jonathan and David were rivals for the crown. David becomes king. The covenant the two men formed had David, after Jonathan's death, seating Jonathan's son, Mephibosehth, a cripple, at his own royal table.19

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