The Exodus
The Exodus is one of the most well known bible stories there is. It begun with the plagues sent by God through Moses and the Pharaoh's consistant resistance to letting the Jewish People go free, even after the plagues. The plagues included locusts, death to all livestock, darkness, boils, hail, bugs, frogs, lice, turning water to blood and lastly, the deaths of all first born sons, including the Pharaoh's son. The Pharaoh let them leave and The Jewish people were then lead out of Egypt by Moses. The escape was contradicted by the obstacle of the Red Sea. It seemed impossible to cross, until god spoke to Moses, telling him to raise his crook and that the sea would part at his will. Moses did so, and the Iraelites crossed unscathed. On the other side of the Sea, there was just plain, seemingly neverending desert. The Israelites then trekked across the barren, dry landscape for 40 years before coming across the Promised Land.
"Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely. Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold. (The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)" (Exodus 11:1-3)