Genesis Series – Part 14Genesis Series – Part 14

Genesis 12:1-13:4Genesis 12:1-13:4

Anthony Grove Baptist ChurchAnthony Grove Baptist Church

Rev. Dennis E. BeanRev. Dennis E. Bean

August 30, 2009August 30, 2009

The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. the land I will show you. 22  “I will make you into a   “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. name great, and you will be a blessing. 33  I will bless   I will bless hose who bless you, and whoever curses you I will hose who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” through you.” 4 4 So Abram left, as the LORD had told So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran. years old when he set out from Haran. 5 5 He took his He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there. they arrived there. 6 6 Abram traveled through the land Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.land.

7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. there to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8 8

From there he went on toward the hills east of From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. the LORD and called on the name of the LORD. 9 9

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

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

Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? I took her to be my wife?

Now then, here is your wife. Take her and Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!” go!” 20 20 Then Pharaoh gave orders about Then Pharaoh gave orders about Abram to his men, and they sent him on Abram to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and everything he his way, with his wife and everything he had. So Abram went up from Egypt to the had. So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him. had, and Lot went with him. 2 2 Abram had Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold. silver and gold. 3 3 From the Negev he went From the Negev he went from place to place until he came to from place to place until he came to Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been earlier Ai where his tent had been earlier 4 4 and and where he had first built an altar. There where he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the name of the LORD. Abram called on the name of the LORD. (NIV)(NIV)

Matthew 9:29 Matthew 9:29 29 29 Then he touched their Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you”; (NIV)will it be done to you”; (NIV)  Genesis 12:1 The LORD had said to Genesis 12:1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. (NIV)land I will show you. (NIV)

Genesis 11:4 Genesis 11:4 44 And they said, Go to, let us build us And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose topa city and a tower, whose top may reach may reach unto unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. (KJV)(KJV)

    

Genesis 12:1-2  The LORD had said to Abram, Genesis 12:1-2  The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show father’s household and go to the land I will show you. you. 22 “I will make you into a great nation and I will  “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. (NIV)will be a blessing. (NIV)

Romans 4:3-5 Romans 4:3-5 3 3 What does the What does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as and it was credited to him as righteousness.”righteousness.”4 4 Now when a man Now when a man works, his wages are not credited to works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. him as a gift, but as an obligation. 5 5

However, to the man who does not However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. (NIV)righteousness. (NIV)

Gen. 11:4 – Let us make us a name.Gen. 11:4 – Let us make us a name.

Rom. 12:2 – I will make your name Rom. 12:2 – I will make your name great.great.

Genesis 12:10 Genesis 12:10 10 10 Now there Now there was a famine in the land, and was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because live there for a while because the famine was severe. (NIV)the famine was severe. (NIV)

Genesis 11:31 Genesis 11:31 31 31 Terah took his Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, But when they came to Haran, they settled there. (NIV)they settled there. (NIV)

Genesis 12:1 The LORD had Genesis 12:1 The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your country, your people and your father’s household and go to father’s household and go to the land I will show you. (NIV)the land I will show you. (NIV)

Genesis 12:13 Genesis 12:13 13 13 Say you are Say you are my sister, so that I will be my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake treated well for your sake and my life will be spared and my life will be spared because of you.” (NIV)because of you.” (NIV)

Genesis 12:18 Genesis 12:18 18 18 So Pharaoh So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife? (NIV)me she was your wife? (NIV)

Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; (NIV)Egyptian maidservant named Hagar; (NIV)

  

Genesis 13:10 Genesis 13:10 10 10 Lot looked up and saw Lot looked up and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan was well that the whole plain of the Jordan was well watered, like the garden of the LORD, like watered, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was the land of Egypt, toward Zoar. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.) (NIV)Gomorrah.) (NIV)

Genesis 13:1 So Abram went up from Genesis 13:1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with everything he had, and Lot went with him. (NIV)him. (NIV)    2 Corinthians 6:17 2 Corinthians 6:17 1717 “Therefore come  “Therefore come out from them and be separate, says out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” (NIV)will receive you.” (NIV)

Genesis 13:3 Genesis 13:3 3 3 From the From the Negev he went from place Negev he went from place to place until he came to to place until he came to Bethel, to the place Bethel, to the place between Bethel and Ai between Bethel and Ai where his tent had been where his tent had been earlier (NIV)earlier (NIV)

Genesis 13:4 Genesis 13:4 4 4 and where and where he had first built an altar. he had first built an altar. There Abram called on the There Abram called on the name of the LORD. (NIV)name of the LORD. (NIV)