the journey

… the journey of Abraham GENESIS CH. 11-25

Abraham: our salvation began in him we are his descendants

“So if you belong to Christ, you are now part of Abraham’s family, and you will be given what God has promised” (Galatians 3:29)

Also see Romans 4:16-17

… the journey of Abraham GENESIS CH. 11-25

Abraham: our salvation began in him we are his descendants lessons learned by Israelites are our heritage!

… the journey of Abraham GENESIS CH. 11-25

Background:

4000 B.C. 2000 B.C. 2000 A.D. 0 A.D.

2 3

1 (GEN 6) destroyed

(GEN 11) scattered

(GEN 12) covenant

… the journey of Abraham GENESIS CH. 11-25

Background: Abram Abraham Sarai Sarah

… the journey of Abraham GENESIS CH. 11-25

… the journey of Abraham GENESIS CH. 11-25

“ … but dad, how then can you fall down and worship

them and ask them to heal your afflictions and to bring you love, peace

and joy? Why do you serve them if there is no

such power in them?”

… the journey of Abraham GENESIS CH. 11-25

1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 12 “the call of Abraham”

1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

CANAAN

HARAN

Genesis 12 “the call of Abraham”

… the journey of Abraham GENESIS CH. 11-25

CANAAN

EGYPT

HARAN

10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abraham went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. 11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarah, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. 12 When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live. 13 Say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you.”

Genesis 12 “Abraham in Egypt” … the journey of Abraham GENESIS CH. 11-25

CANAAN

EGYPT

HARAN

14 When Abraham came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarah was a very beautiful woman. 15 And when Pharaoh’s officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into his palace. 16 He treated Abraham well for her sake, and Abraham acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. 17 But the LORD inflicted serious diseases on Pharaoh and his household because of Abraham’s wife Sarah. 18 So Pharaoh summoned Abraham. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? 19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife?

Genesis 12 “Abraham in Egypt”

Genesis 12 “Abraham in Egypt” 19 Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” 20 Then

Pharaoh gave orders about Abraham to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.

19 Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” 20 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abraham to his men, and they sent

him on his way, with his wife and everything he had.

Abraham leaves Egypt with the rewards of his sin!!

Genesis 12 “Abraham in Egypt”

Abraham tries the same stunt again in Chapter 20!!

Deceived into believing it “pays to sin”

1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abraham in a vision: “Do not be afraid, I am your shield, your very great reward.” 2 But Abraham said, “Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 And Abraham said, “You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir.” 4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.” 5 He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 6 Abraham believed the LORD …

Genesis 15 “God’s Covenant With Abraham”

1 Now Sarah, Abraham’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abraham, “The LORD has kept me from having children”. “Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abraham agreed to what Sarah said. 3 So after Abraham had been living in Canaan ten years,

Sarah his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. 4 He slept with Hagar, and she conceived.”

Genesis 16 “Hagar and Ishmael”

12 “He will be a wild donkey of a man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone’s hand against him, and he will live in

hostility, toward all his brothers”

Genesis 16 “Hagar and Ishmael”

Genesis 17 “The Covenant of Circumcision”

15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her

and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” 17

Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at

the age of ninety?”

Genesis 17 “The Covenant of Circumcision”

18 And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!” 19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 20 And as

for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of

twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. 21 But my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by

this time next year.”

Genesis 17 “The Covenant of Circumcision”

1 Some years later God decided to test Abraham, so he spoke to him. Abraham answered, “Here I am, Lord.” 2 The Lord said, “Go get Isaac,

your only son, the one you dearly love! Take him to the land of Moriah, and I will show you a mountain where you must sacrifice him to me on the fires of an altar.” 3 So Abraham got up early the

next morning and chopped wood for the fire. He put a saddle on his donkey and left with Isaac and two servants for the place where God

had told him to go. 4 Three days later Abraham looked off in the distance and saw the place. 5 He told his servants, “Stay here with the donkey, while my son and I go over there to worship. We will

come back.”

Genesis 22 “Abraham Tested”

6 Abraham put the wood on Isaac’s shoulder, but he carried the hot coals and the knife. As the two of them walked along, 7-8 Isaac said, “Father, we have the coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?” “My son,” Abraham answered, “God will provide the

lamb.” The two of them walked on, and 9 when they reached the place that God had told him about, Abraham built an altar and

placed the wood on it. Next, he tied up his son and put him on the wood. 10 He then took the knife and got ready to kill his son.

Genesis 22 “Abraham Tested”

11 But the Lord’s angel shouted from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!” “Here I am!” he answered. 12 “Don’t hurt the boy or harm him in any way!” the angel said. “Now I know that you truly obey God, because you were willing to offer him your only son.” 13 Abraham looked up

and saw a ram caught by its horns in the bushes. So he took the ram and sacrificed it in place of his son.

14 Abraham named that place “The Lord Will Provide.” And even now people say, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

Genesis 22 “Abraham Tested”

the journey