Bulleted Breakdown: The Story

God Builds a Nation

~Genesis: 12-13, 15-17, 21-22, 32-33, 35

~Romans: 4

~Hebrews: 11

-Lord sent Abram away from Harran, to Canaan, at age 75

-Sent his nephew, Lot and his wife Sarai

-Lord told Abram his offspring would get the land

-Abram received unknown inheritance

-Got to great trees of Mamre at Hebron and built an alter

-Lot went to Sodom and made bad decisions

-City was looted and Lot and his family were held captive

-Abram got 318 men to rescue Lot

-Eliezer of Damascus would inherit the estate

-The Lord told Abram he would have a child to inherit the estate

-Lord told Abram he was his shield

-Hagar, Sarais slave, would be the surrogate

-Hagar and Sarai would fight and send off Hagar into the woods

-Angel of God told her to go back to Sarai

-Angel of God said to name the son Ishmael who will live in hostility

-Abram was 86 when Hagar bore Ishmael

-Abram saw god when he was 99 and was called faithful and blameless

-God changed name from Abram to Abraham

-God will make nations with kings that will come to Abraham with an everlasting covenant that will continue through the descendants

-Gave Canaan to Abraham and descendants

-Abraham and descendants must keep the covenant

-Every man shall be circumcised in the flesh or they will break the covenant and will be cut off from the rest of the people

-God changed Sarais name to Sarah

-Isaac was 8 days old when circumcised

-Abraham was 100 when Isaac was born

-Abraham has a feast the day Isaac was weaned

-Sarah wanted Abraham to get rid of Hagar and Ishmael so they got no inheritance from them that belonged to Isaac

-God told Abraham to do what Sarah said because his offspring would be reckoned through Isaac

-God said he would make Ishmael a nation too because of offspring

-Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away with food and water and they wandered into the Desert of Beersheba

-When water ran out Hagar left Ishmael under a bush so she wouldn't have to watch him die

-God told Hagar he would make Ishmael into a great nation and gave them a well for water

-God was with the boy as he became an archer when he grew up and lived in the desert

-God told Abraham to take Isaac to the region of Moriah & sacrifice him as a burnt offering

-Abraham took 2 servants and Isaac the next morning 

-On the 3rd day, Abraham saw the place in the distance

-Abraham told the 2 servants to stay while him and Isaac went to worship

-Abraham carried the wood for the burnt offering

-Isaac carried the fire and the knife

-Isaac asks Abraham where the lamb for the offering is

-Abraham said that God would provide it

-Abraham built an altar and put wood in it with Isaac bound on top

-The angel of the Lord stopped Abraham from slaying his son

-The angel knows that Abraham fears God since he did not withhold his son

-Abraham found a ram and sacrificed it instead

-God tested Abrahams faithfulness

-The mountain became called the place that The Lord Will Provide

-The angel said that Abraham would be blessed and that his descendants will take possessions of cities of their enemies

-Abraham bought a field where he burned Sarahs body after her death

-Abraham then married Keturah, his second wife

-After Abrahams death, his entire estate went to Isaac instead of Keturahs offspring

-Abraham died at age 175 and was buried next to Sarah

-Isaac married Rebekah, who was chosen for him

-Rebekah had twins 20 years later, Jacob and Esau, the oldest

-Esau grew up to love the outdoors and hunting, becoming his fathers favorite

-Jacob stayed home and was quiet, becoming his mothers favorite

-Both boys vied for inheritance, when Jacob proved to be a manipulator and schemer 

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