The original name of the man from whom all Israelites were descended from this man, and whom God renamed Israel, was: Jacob Abraham Isaac Joseph To keep the Israelites from growing stronger as a nation, Pharaoh: threw their baby boys into the Nile River to die. refused to allow them to marry and have children. kept them starving so they could not have children. sent many of them out into the desert. Moses' mother saved him by: putting him in a basket on a river. hiding him in a well in the desert. keeping him in a closet of her home. disguising him as a girl. Moses left Egypt because: he killed a man and was afraid for his life. he was in line for the throne and his brother was jealous. God told him to leave. he wanted to escape the famine there. Moses worked for Jethro as a: shepherd. bricklayer. farmer. merchant. God first appeared to Moses as: a burning bush. a pillar of fire. a cloud of smoke. three angels. Because he was on holy ground, God told Moses to: take off his sandals. cover his face. build an altar to Him. kneel in front of Him. What happened the first time Aaron threw his staff on the ground before Pharaoh? it turned into a snake it turned the waters of the Nile River into blood it shattered it turned into a bunch of frogs After which plague did Pharaoh agree to free the Israelites? the firstborn son of every household died darkness covered Egypt for three days locusts ate all the wheat and fruit the waters of the Nile River turned to blood What did the Israelites do to protect their firstborn sons from being killed? smeared lamb's blood on their door frames took off their sandals drank water from the Nile River built a stone altar to the Lord