Abraham
Abraham was called by God to leave his home in Ur and go to an unknown land. God led him to Canaan, the land that was part of the covenant between them, where God promised to bless Abraham and make him into a great nation (Genesis 12:1-7).
Joseph
Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers and was taken from Canaan to Egypt, where he eventually became second in the land and rescued the nation—and surrounding nations—from famine (Genesis 37-50).
The Little Maid
An unnamed girl from Israel was captured by the Syrians and forced into slavery in the household of Naaman, a man who suffered from leprosy. Her testimony led to Naaman being healed by God, through Israel’s prophet Elisha (2 Kings 5).
Moses
Moses grew up in the Egyptian palace but killed an Egyptian overseer to defend a Hebrew slave. He fled from Egypt to Midian, where he spent 40 years in the wilderness before returning to free his people from slavery (Exodus 2:11-21).
Rahab
The walls of Rahab’s home, Jericho, fell under the might of the God of Israel, but she turned to Him and was spared from the city’s destruction. She and her family joined the Israelites and Rahab became the ancestor of Jesus (Joshua 2).
Ruth
Ruth left her birthplace of Moab to follow her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to Israel. She vowed that Naomi’s people would be her people, and Naomi’s God her God. She eventually became the great-grandmother of King David (Ruth 1).
Paul
Paul was a Pharisee intent on persecuting Christians when he had an encounter with Jesus and became a Christian himself. He spent the majority of his later life on the road, travelling across Rome and Greece to support new Christian communities and share the gospel (Acts 13-28).
David
David was in the service of King Saul but had to flee from the king’s anger to the nearby Philistine nation—the only way to ensure his survival and fulfil his destiny to one day become king himself (1 Samuel 27-30).
Jesus
As a baby, Jesus’ parents took Him to Egypt to escape the wrath of King Herod, who had ordered all male babies in Bethlehem killed. They remained there until the death of Herod before returning to Israel (Matthew 2:13-23).
Priscilla and Aquila
Priscilla and Aquila were early Christians, tent makers and friends of Paul, who moved multiple times due to government mandates and missionary work. They were a part of early Christian communities in Rome, Corinth and Ephesus (Acts 18:2,18,26).
