Migration has been a reality since the beginning, when Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise. There are important events in the Bible which involve migration, whether for economic reasons, the desire to be near a family member, the outbreak of war, and so on. This work introduces the topic of migration in various aspects, divided into thirteen tracks, bringing together a collection of more than 50 stories of the Bible. Each story is preceded by an introduction that helps contextualize the biblical content and to understand the historical and cultural principles involved. Stories of Migrants in the Bible shows the history of each person, as a migrant, living with the expectation of reaching the heavenly city.

PrefaceI People who migrate to be close to family "I must see my son before I die!"II People who migrate because of hunger It's hard to start from scratch, but it can be done Who has my belongings now?III People who flee from oppression God heard their anguished criesIV Migrants in the desert Hunger and thirst on the journey The importance of getting organized for the journey Plans for a new life together Discouragement and temptationV People forced to emigrate by death threats or persecution You will pay for this! I didn't mean to kill him! I must flee! The baby Jesus: a victim of power politics Let's get out of here! If we stay they'll kill us too, like StephenVI People displaced by war Immigrants who lost their identity A people forced into exile after a cruel invasion If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim the end of the exile!VII Human trafficking: a type of forced migration How much do you want for this lad?VIII The rejection of immigrants and laws which protect them Do not mistreat a foreigner Send away immigrant women and their children The best loved foreigner in IsraelIX Immigrants who are successful Bring a cow to complete the agreement You have become too powerful to stay here, leave our land! Don't go, I'll pay whatever you ask The king who put his royal ring on the finger of an immigrantX The problems immigrants have in a strange land Problems within families Water—the eternal problem Where can I bury my wife? Immigrants in a country at war The problem of criminal gangs Sexual harassment: a perennial problem Problems over religious mattersXI The female face of migration Enterprising women Sex and female beauty Female migration for family reunification Domestic slavery in foreign countries Women's guileXII People who migrate because of their calling Sarai, God has told me to leave this place. Let's go. A prophet is respected everywhere except in his hometown From the Galilean countryside to the great city of JerusalemXIII The faith of migrants Three altars of three patriarchs to the same God The faithfulness of a young man forcibly removed from his country A letter for migrantsEpilogue