In ancient times humankind wished to find out the causes and relations of natural phenomenons, people wanted to reveal how the stable laws of nature and the world are managed. Humankind was afraid of incomprehensible powers and phenomenons and began to adore them and worship them. People in ancient times worshiped the sun, the stars, various idols and various mythological gods.

Abram was a righteous person, who followed the Creator and who was awarded for his loyalty to God by the revelation of prophecy. God made an eternal covenant בּרית עולם brit olam with Abram and his seed and He commanded him to perform circumsion mila מילה to each male at 8 days old. The circumcision is the physical sign of this covenant. After the formation of the covenant, Abram (already as Abraham) received a promise from God that he and his offspring shall inherit the land of Canaan.

Abraham's son Isaac and grandson Yakov (later Israel) followed the teachings of their father and grandfather, like Abraham they were true believers and God-fearing men. They were also rewarded with the revelation of prophecy and God's protection.

Gradually students should be acquainted with the Bible itself, they should read the verses of Holy Scripture that were mentioned in the lessons.

The twelve sons of Yakov became the founders of the twelve tribes of Israel ^¹).

^¹) We assume that students of the Law of God have basic knowledge of the biblical stories and biblical history. 

Yakov was forced to go to Egypt due to a famine in the land of Canaan. His son Yosef was a regent in Egypt. 

220 years passed and the family of Yakov grew from 70 people to a total of 600,000 adult males. The Egyptians began to worry about their own future when they saw that the descendants of Yakov were rapidly growing, so they began to restrict and oppress Yakov's descendants and in the end they forced Israelites into slave labor and they made the midwives kill every Israelite male child.