the region of Mount Sinai, months after Moses and Moses' older brother Aaron led them away from Egyptian slavery, across the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness of Shur, the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them, and the Lord God began giving Moses judgments, statutes, and laws for the Israelites, and the Lord God made a covenant with the Israelites. The Israelites, the descendants of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), said that they would obey the words of the Lord God. Some of the laws involved issues of personal intimacy and were similar to the
relationships of several of their ancestors.
-Sarah was Abraham's wife and half sister. Isaac was born to 100-year-old Abraham and 90-year-old Sarah.
-Lot was Abraham and Sarah's nephew. Lot lived with his wife and children in Sodom before the Lord God destroyed Sodom, Gomorrah and the surrounding region. Moab and Ben-ammi were born to Lot and his daughters. Moab was born to Lot and Lot's oldest daughter, and Ben-ammi was born to Lot and Lot's youngest daughter. Moab was the forefather of the Moabites, and Ben-ammi was the forefather of the Ammonites, and the Moabites and Ammonites were usually enemies of the Israelites.
-Jacob unknowingly wed Leah and was willingly married to Leah's younger sister Rachel. Leah and Rachel were the daughters of Rebekah's brother Laban the Syrian (Aramean). Rebekah and Laban were born to Bethuel the Syrian (Aramean), and Bethuel was born to Abraham and Sarah's brother Nahor (Nachor) and Nahor's wife Milcah. Milcah and Lot were siblings.
-Reuben was the 1st child born to Jacob and Leah. Bilhah was Rachel's maidservant. Dan and Naphtali were born to Jacob and Bilhah. When Reuben lived with Jacob and the rest of their family in Canaan, he was intimate with Bilhah.
-Judah was the 4th son born to Jacob and Leah. Judah unknowingly engaged in intimacy with his daughter-in-law Tamar. Twin sons Perez and Zerah (Pharez and Zarah) were born to Judah and Tamar. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Tamar, Perez, and Zerah are listed in a biblical genealogy of Jesus the Christ, the Son of God.
-Amram was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. Amram's wife Jochebed was a family member from the tribe of Levi. Aaron the high priest, and Moses the prophet, and their older sister Miriam the prophetess were born to Amram and Jochebed.
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