Who are the patriarchs?

(Hebrews 11:17 - 24, Matthew 1:16-18, Exodus 3:15)

• The patriarchs are the men who contributed to the foundation of the nation of Israel.

• The patriarchs are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and Moses.

• Jacob’s 12 sons were the founders of the tribes of Israel.

Abraham, Sarah and Isaac

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Jacob and Joseph

Moses and the burning bush

Moses and the ten commandments

Exodus 34 - New Living Translation (NLT)

A New Copy of the Covenant

- 1 Then the Lord told Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones. I will write on them the same words that were on the tablets you smashed. 2 Be ready in the morning to climb up Mount Sinai and present yourself to me on the top of the mountain. 3 No one else may come with you. In fact, no one is to appear anywhere on the mountain. Do not even let the flocks or herds graze near the mountain.”

4 So Moses chiseled out two tablets of stone like the first ones. Early in the morning he climbed Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded him, and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.

• What was written on these tablets that moses is holding?

• Who wrote on the tablets?