LIFE OF ABRAHAMLIFE OF ABRAHAMThe Friend of GodThe Friend of God

Lesson 10Lesson 10

Pharaoh & AbimelechPharaoh & Abimelech

• Encounters a foreign king

• Tells “half-truth” about Sarah

• King takes Sarah as wife

• God brings plague upon the king

• King is angered with Abraham

• King rewards Abraham

• Location of King• Communication

from God• Nature of plague• Timing of reward• Purpose of reward• Prayer of Abraham

Similarities Differences

The Birth of IsaacThe Birth of Isaac

• Isaac conceived, born, circumcised (1-7)

• Great feast at Isaac’s weaning (8)• Ishmael mocks (9-11)• God’s plan for Ishmael (12-13)• Abraham sends Hagar & Ishmael

away (14-16)• God rescues Hagar & Ishmael (17-

21)

The Two Covenants (Galatians The Two Covenants (Galatians 4:21-31)4:21-31)

• Bondwoman (Hagar)

• Ishmael• Born of flesh• Mount Sinai

(Law)• Present

Jerusalem• Children in

slavery

• Free woman (Sarah)

• Isaac• Born through the

promise• Free Jerusalem

above• Children of

promise

“He who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to

the Spirit”

Abraham & AbimelechAbraham & Abimelech

• Proposal of Covenant (22-24)• Problem over the well of water

(25-26)• The Sheep, Oxen, and the Seven

Ewe Lambs (27-31)• Called on the name of the Lord,

the Everlasting God at Beersheba (32-34)