Genesis 12-22
© John Stevenson, 2012
Genesis 1-11
Genesis 12-50
Events Predominant People Predominant
– Creation
– Fall
– Flood
– Tower of Babel
– Abraham
– Isaac
– Jacob
– Joseph
Race as a whole
Family of Abraham
Over 2000 years
250 years
Terah
Abraham
Nahor
Now these are the records
of the generations of Terah.
Terah became the father of
Abram, Nahor and Haran; and
Haran became the father of Lot.
(Genesis 11:27).
Haran
Lot
Terah
Abraham
Nahor
Haran died in the presence
of his father Terah in the land of
his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
(Genesis 11:28).
Haran
Lot
Ur
Genesis 11:29-30
Abram and Nahor took wives for
themselves. The name of Abram's
wife was Sarai; and the name of
Nahor's wife was Milcah, the
daughter of Haran, the father of
Milcah and Iscah. 30 Sarai was barren;
she had no child.
Genesis 11:31-32
Terah took Abram his son, and
Lot the son of Haran, his grandson,
and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son
Abram's wife; and they went out
together from Ur of the Chaldeans in
order to enter the land of Canaan;
and they went as far as Haran, and
settled there. 32 The days of Terah
were two hundred and five years; and
Terah died in Haran.
Haran

Ur
Genesis 12:1-3
Now the LORD said to Abram,
“Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
#r,a,
Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing;
Genesis 12:3
“And I will bless those who bless
you,
And the one who curses you I will
curse.
And in you all the families of the
earth will be blessed.”
hm'd'a]
Promises given: Abram called to leave his family.
Promise of Seed (12:1-3)
Sojourn in Egypt, “She is my sister” (12.10-20)
Lot and Abram: Negotiations (13).
Abram rescues Lot and people of Sodom (14)
Abram prepares a sacrifice for a covenant ceremony:
God promises descendants and the Land (15)
Hagar and Ishmael (16)
Abrahamic Covenant (17:1-22)
Abraham and Ishmael circumcised (17:23-27).
Abraham prepares a meal: God promises that Sarah
will give birth to Isaac (18:1-15).
God and Abram: Negotiations (18:16-33).
Angels rescue Lot and destroy Sodom (19)
Sojourn in Gerar, “She is my sister” (20)
Promises fulfilled: Isaac born; Hagar & Ishmael sent out;
Isaac offered on altar (21-22)
Genesis 12:4
So Abram went forth as the
LORD had spoken to him; and Lot
went with him. Now Abram was
seventy-five years old when he
departed from Haran.
Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife and
Lot his nephew, and all their
possessions
which
they
had
accumulated, and the persons which
they had acquired in Haran, and they
set out for the land of Canaan; thus
they came to the land of Canaan.
Haran

Ur
Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife and
Lot his nephew, and all their
possessions
which
they
had
accumulated, and the persons which
they had acquired in Haran, and they
set out for the land of Canaan; thus
they came to the land of Canaan.
Shechem
●
Jerusalem
●
Abram passed
through the
land as far as
the site of
Shechem, to
the oak of
Moreh. Now
the Canaanite
was then in the
land (Genesis
12:6)
Genesis 12:7
The LORD appeared to Abram
and said, “To your descendants I will
give this land.” So he built an altar
there to the LORD who had appeared
to him.
Shechem
●
Bethel
●
Jerusalem
●
Then he
proceeded
from there to
the mountain
on the east of
Bethel, and
pitched his
tent, with
Bethel on the
west and Ai
on the east…
(12:8)
Shechem
●
Bethel
●
Jerusalem
●
,,,and there
he built an
altar to the
LORD and
called upon
the name of
the LORD.
(12:8)
Abram journeyed on,
continuing toward the
Negev (12:9)
Shechem
●
Bethel
●
Genesis 12:10
0 Now there was a famine in the
land; so Abram went down to Egypt to
sojourn there, for the famine was
severe in the land.
Genesis 12:13
Please say that you are my
sister so that it may go well with me
because of you, and that I may live
on account of you.”
Genesis 12:17
But the LORD struck Pharaoh
and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Abram in Egypt
Israel in Egypt
Abram and his family
Israel enters Egypt
enter Egypt because because of a famine in
of a famine in the land.
the land.
Pharaoh treats Abram
well.
Pharaoh treats Israel
harshly.
The Lord strikes
The Lord strikes all of
pharaoh and his house
Egypt with great
with great plagues.
plagues.
Abram leaves Egypt
with all his belongings.
Israel leaves Egypt
with all their
belongings.
Promises given: Abram called to leave his family.
Promise of Seed (12:1-3)
Sojourn in Egypt, “She is my sister” (12.10-20)
Lot and Abram: Negotiations (13).
Abram rescues Lot and people of Sodom (14)
Abram prepares a sacrifice for a covenant ceremony:
God promises descendants and the Land (15)
Hagar and Ishmael (16)
Abrahamic Covenant (17:1-22)
Abraham and Ishmael circumcised (17:23-27).
Abraham prepares a meal: God promises that Sarah
will give birth to Isaac (18:1-15).
God and Abram: Negotiations (18:16-33).
Angels rescue Lot and destroy Sodom (19)
Sojourn in Gerar, “She is my sister” (20)
Promises fulfilled: Isaac born; Hagar & Ishmael sent out;
Isaac offered on altar (21-22)
Promises given: Abram called to leave his family.
Promise of Seed (12:1-3)
Sojourn in Egypt, “She is my sister” (12.10-20)
Lot and Abram: Negotiations (13).
Abram rescues Lot and people of Sodom (14)
Abram prepares a sacrifice for a covenant ceremony:
God promises descendants and the Land (15)
Hagar and Ishmael (16)
Abrahamic Covenant (17:1-22)
Abraham and Ishmael circumcised (17:23-27).
Abraham prepares a meal: God promises that Sarah
will give birth to Isaac (18:1-15).
God and Abram: Negotiations (18:16-33).
Angels rescue Lot and destroy Sodom (19)
Sojourn in Gerar, “She is my sister” (20)
Promises fulfilled: Isaac born; Hagar & Ishmael sent out;
Isaac offered on altar (21-22)
Genesis 13:1-2
So Abram went up from Egypt to
the Negev, he and his wife and all
that belonged to him, and Lot with
him. 2 Now Abram was very rich in
livestock, in silver and in gold
Genesis 13:3-4
He went on his journeys from
the Negev as far as Bethel, to the
place where his tent had been at the
beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to
the place of the altar which he had
made there formerly; and there
Abram called on the name of the
LORD.
Genesis 13:5-6
Now Lot, who went with Abram,
also had flocks and herds and tents.
6 And the land could not sustain them
while dwelling together, for their
possessions were so great that they
were not able to remain together.
Genesis 13:7
And there was strife between the
herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and
the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now
the Canaanite and the Perizzite were
dwelling then in the land.
Genesis 13:8-10
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let
there be no strife between you and
me, nor between my herdsmen and
your herdsmen, for we are brothers.
9 Is not the whole land before you?
Please separate from me; if to the
left, then I will go to the right; or if to
the right, then I will go to the left.”
Lot lifted up his eyes
and saw all the valley
of the Jordan, that it
was well watered
everywhere-- this was
before the LORD
destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah-- like the
garden of the LORD,
like the land of Egypt
as you go to Zoar
(Genesis 13:10)
So Lot chose for
himself all the
valley of the
Jordan, and Lot
journeyed
eastward. Thus
they separated
from each other
(Genesis 13:11).
Genesis 14:1-2
And it came about in the days of
Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of
Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 2 that
they made war with Bera king of
Sodom, and with Birsha king of
Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah,
and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and
the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Goiim
(Nations?)
Shinar
Canaan
Egypt
Ellasar?
Elam
Genesis 14:3
All these came as allies to the
valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt
Sea).
Genesis 14:4
Twelve years they had served
Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year
they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5-6
In the fourteenth year
Chedor-laomer and the
kings that were with him,
came and defeated the
Rephaim in Ashterothkarnaim and the Zuzim in
Ham and the Emim in
Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6 and
the Horites in their Mount
Seir, as far as El-paran,
which is by the wilderness.
Genesis 14:7
Then they turned
back and came to Enmishpat (that is, Kadesh),
and conquered all the
country of the Amalekites,
and also the Amorites,
who lived in Hazazontamar.
Genesis 14:10-12
Now the valley of Siddim was full
of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom
and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into
them. But those who survived fled to
the hill country. 11 Then they took all
the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah
and all their food supply, and
departed. 12 They also took Lot,
Abram’s nephew, and his possessions
and departed, for he was living in
Sodom.
Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard
that his relative had been
taken captive, he led out
his trained men, born in
his house, three hundred
and eighteen, and went
in pursuit as far as Dan.
● Dan
Gate of Laish,
ancient site of
Dan
Genesis 14:16
He brought back all the goods,
and also brought back his relative Lot
with his possessions, and also the
women, and the people.
Genesis 14:17
Then after his return from the
defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings
who were with him, the king of Sodom
went out to meet him at the valley of
Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
Bera,
King of Sodom
Melchizedek,
King of Salem
King of Sodom, a city
of sinful pleasure.
King of Salem, a city
of peace.
Came out to meet
Abram.
Came out to meet
Abram.
He offered riches to
Abram.
He offered a blessing
to Abram along with
bread and wine.
Abram accepted his
blessings and the
gifts.
Abram refused his
offer.
Bera,
King of Sodom
Abram returned all of
his riches and people.
Melchizedek,
King of Salem
Abram gave to him
tithes of all the spoils
of war.
Represents the city of Represents the city of
man.
God.
Genesis 14:18
And Melchizedek king of Salem
brought out bread and wine; now he
was a priest of God Most High.
Genesis 14:18-20
He blessed him and said,
“Blessed be Abram of God Most
High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies
into your hand.”
He gave him a tenth of all.
Promises given: Abram called to leave his family.
Promise of Seed (12:1-3)
Sojourn in Egypt, “She is my sister” (12.10-20)
Lot and Abram: Negotiations (13).
Abram rescues Lot and people of Sodom (14)
Abram prepares a sacrifice for a covenant ceremony:
God promises descendants and the Land (15)
Hagar and Ishmael (16)
Abrahamic Covenant (17:1-22)
Abraham and Ishmael circumcised (17:23-27).
Abraham prepares a meal: God promises that Sarah will
give birth to Isaac (18:1-15).
God and Abram: Negotiations (18:16-33).
Angels rescue Lot and destroy Sodom (19)
Sojourn in Gerar, “She is my sister” (20)
Promises fulfilled: Isaac born; Hagar & Ishmael sent out;
Isaac offered on altar (21-22)
Sarai is barren
• Lot as a potential heir
• Eliezar of Damascus as a
potential heir
Genesis 15:4
Then behold, the word of the
LORD came to him, saying, “This man
will not be your heir; but one who will
come forth from your own body, he
shall be your heir.”
Sarai is barren
• Lot as a potential heir
• Eliezar of Damascus as a
potential heir
• One from Abram’s own
body will be his heir
Genesis 15:5
And He took him outside and
said, “Now look toward the heavens,
and count the stars, if you are able to
count them.” And He said to him, “So
shall your descendants be.”
Genesis 15:6
Then he believed in the LORD;
and He reckoned it to him as
righteousness.
Genesis 15:7-8
And He said to him, “I am the
LORD who brought you out of Ur of
the Chaldeans, to give you this land to
possess it.” 8 He said, “O Lord GOD,
how may I know that I will possess it?”
Genesis 15:9-11
So He said to him, “Bring Me a
three year old heifer, and a three year
old female goat, and a three year old
ram, and a turtledove, and a young
pigeon.” 10 Then he brought all these
to Him and cut them in two, and laid
each half opposite the other; but he
did not cut the birds. 11 The birds of
prey came down upon the carcasses,
and Abram drove them away.
Genesis 15 &
The Covenant Ceremony
“To Cut a Covenant”
Genesis 15:12
Now when the sun was going
down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;
and behold, terror and great darkness
fell upon him.
Will be Strangers
In the fourth
God will
buried at in a land
generation
judge
a good, that is not
they will
that land
old age their own
return here
The iniquity of the Amorites…
Filled
Genesis 15:17
It came about when the sun had
set, that it was very dark, and behold,
there appeared a smoking oven and a
flaming torch which passed between
these pieces.
…a smoking oven
and a flaming torch
Genesis 15:18-21
On that day the LORD made a
covenant with Abram, saying, “To your
descendants I have given this land,
from the river of Egypt as far as the
great river, the river Euphrates: 19 the
Kenite and the Kenizzite and the
Kadmonite 20 and the Hittite and the
Perizzite and the Rephaim 21 and the
Amorite and the Canaanite and the
Girgashite and the Jebusite.”
ASSYRIA
EGYPT
…from the
river of Egypt
as far as the
great river,
the river
Euphrates
Genesis 16:1-2
Now Sarai, Abram's wife had
borne him no children, and she had
an Egyptian maid whose name was
Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Now
behold, the LORD has prevented me
from bearing children. Please go in to
my maid; perhaps I will obtain children
through her.” And Abram listened to
the voice of Sarai.
“Gilimninu has been given to
Shennima as wife. If Gilimninu
bears children, Shennima shall not
take another wife, But if Gilimninu
does not bear, she shall take a
slave-girl from the Lullu-region as
wife for Shennima. As for the
concubine’s offspring, Gilimninu
shall not send them away.”
Genesis 15
Genesis 16
Begins with God
coming to Abram with
a message.
Begins with Sarai
coming to Abram with
advice.
Abram believed the
Abram listened to the
Lord.
voice of Sarai.
God gave to Abram
Sarai gave to Abram
promises of protection, her handmaiden Hagar
of a seed, and of the to fulfill the promise of
possession of the land.
the seed.
Genesis 15
Genesis 16
God spoke to Abram
and gave him
instruction and
promises.
God speaks to Hagar
and gives her
instructions and
promises.
Abram is promised a
son who will be his
heir.
Hagar is promised a
son who will be a wild
man.
Genesis 16:5-6
And Sarai said to Abram, “May
the wrong done me be upon you. I
gave my maid into your arms, but
when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her
sight. May the LORD judge between
you and me.” 6 But Abram said to
Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your
power; do to her what is good in your
sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly,
and she fled from her presence.
Genesis 16:7-8
Now the angel of the LORD
found her by a spring of water in the
wilderness, by the spring on the way
to Shur. 8 He said, “Hagar, Sarai's
maid, where have you come from and
where are you going?” And she said,
“I am fleeing from the presence of my
mistress Sarai.”
Hagar
Israel
Mistreated by her
mistress.
Mistreated by the
Pharaoh.
Fled into the
wilderness.
Escaped into the
wilderness.
Encountered the angel After they came out of
of the Lord by the
Egypt and three days
spring on the way to
journey into the
the Wilderness of
Wilderness of Shur,
Shur.
they found no water.
Genesis 16:9-10
Then the angel of the LORD said
to her, “Return to your mistress, and
submit yourself to her authority.”
10 Moreover, the angel of the
LORD said to her, “I will greatly
multiply your descendants so that they
will be too many to count.”
Genesis 16:13-14
Then she called the name of the
LORD who spoke to her, “You are a
God who sees”; for she said, “Have I
even remained alive here after seeing
Him?” 14 Therefore the well was called
Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
Hagar’s Son
Abram’s Heir
His descendants
would be innumerable.
His descendants will
be innumerable.
He will be at enmity
with the world.
He will be a blessing to
the world.
Every man’s hand will
be against him.
Whoever blesses him
will be blessed and
whoever curses him
will be cursed.
Promises given: Abram called to leave his family.
Promise of Seed (12:1-3)
Sojourn in Egypt, “She is my sister” (12.10-20)
Lot and Abram: Negotiations (13).
Abram rescues Lot and people of Sodom (14)
Abram prepares a sacrifice for a covenant ceremony:
God promises descendants and the Land (15)
Hagar and Ishmael (16)
Abrahamic Covenant (17:1-22)
Abraham and Ishmael circumcised (17:23-27).
Abraham prepares a meal: God promises that Sarah
will give birth to Isaac (18:1-15).
God and Abram: Negotiations (18:16-33).
Angels rescue Lot and destroy Sodom (19)
Sojourn in Gerar, “She is my sister” (20)
Promises fulfilled: Isaac born; Hagar & Ishmael sent out;
Isaac offered on altar (21-22)
Abraham is 99 years old (17:1)
The Lord appeared to Abram (17:1-2).
God will make a covenant with Abram to multiply
him (17:2).
Abram fell on his face (17:3).
Abram's name changed to Abraham (17:4-8).
• I will make nations of you.
• Kings shall come forth from you
Circumcision commanded (17:9-14).
Sarai's name changed to Sarah (17:15-16).
• She shall be a mother of nations
• Kings of peoples shall come from her.
Abraham fell on his face and laughed (17:17).
God promises multiplication through Isaac and
Ishmael (17:18-21)
God went up from Abraham (17:22).
Abraham is 99, Ishmael is 13 years old (17:24-25).
Abram
Abraham
~r'b.a;
“Father of high
places”
~h'r'b.a;; Rhymes with
“Father of a
multitude”
For I will make you the father of a
multitude of nations (Genesis 17:5)
!Amïh]-ba;
Noahic
Covenant
Abrahamic
Covenant
Involves men, animals Involves Abraham and
and the entire world.
his descendants.
The sign is the
rainbow and relates to
the entire creation.
The sign if
circumcision and
relates to Abraham’s
descendants.
A universal sign.
A personal sign.
Circumcision
• Involved a surgical “cutting.”
• Represented a spiritual reality:
Circumcise then your heart, and stiffen
your neck no more (Deuteronomy 10:16).
• A sign of faith: a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which he had
while uncircumcised (Romans 4:11).
Circumcision was to the Abrahamic
Covenant what baptism is to the New
Covenant
Abrahamic
Covenant
New Covenant
Sign of the covenant is Sign of the covenant
circumcision
is baptism.
Circumcision was a
Baptism is a sign of
sign of faith.
faith.
Physical circumcision
Water baptism
represented the
represents the
spiritual process of
identification with Christ
cutting away sin.
and the spiritual
cleansing that comes
through the new birth.
Abrahamic
Covenant
Circumcision was
limited to males
New Covenant
There is no distinction in
Baptism between male
or female.
The promise was to God’s people AND
THEIR CHILDREN (Deuteronomy
6:6-7; Acts 2:38-39).
Promises given: Abram called to leave his family.
Promise of Seed (12:1-3)
Sojourn in Egypt, “She is my sister” (12.10-20)
Lot and Abram: Negotiations (13).
Abram rescues Lot and people of Sodom (14)
Abram prepares a sacrifice for a covenant ceremony:
God promises descendants and the Land (15)
Hagar and Ishmael (16)
Abrahamic Covenant (17:1-22)
Abraham and Ishmael circumcised (17:23-27).
Abraham prepares a meal: God promises that Sarah
will give birth to Isaac (18:1-15).
God and Abram: Negotiations (18:16-33).
Angels rescue Lot and destroy Sodom (19)
Sojourn in Gerar, “She is my sister” (20)
Promises fulfilled: Isaac born; Hagar & Ishmael sent out;
Isaac offered on altar (21-22)
Genesis 18:1
Now the LORD appeared to him
by the oaks of Mamre, while he was
sitting at the tent door in the heat of
the day.
18:1-8
18:9-15
Abraham’s Three
Visitors
18:16-22
18:23-33
Abraham’s
Intercession
Abraham’s
God’s
God’s Abraham’s
hospitality for prophecy prophecy prayer for
strangers
Lot
Blessings for Abraham Judgment on Sodom
and Sarah.
and Lot.
Seed to come through a
Sin to bring forth
miracle.
judgment.
Genesis 18
Genesis 19
Two angels and the
Lord meet Abraham as
he sits in the door of his
tent.
The narrative begins in
the heat of the
afternoon.
Two angels meet Lot
as he sits at the gate
of the city of Sodom.
Abraham ran to meet
them and bowed down
before them.
Lot rises to meet
them and then bows
down before them.
The narrative takes
up with the events of
that same evening.
Genesis 18
Genesis 19
Abraham invites them to Lot invites them to eat
eat and rest from their and spend the night in
travels.
his house.
They immediately
They initially refuse
accept Abraham’s
Lot’s invitation but, as
invitation.
he insists, they
reluctantly accept.
Abraham intercedes for
Lot.
Lot intercedes on
behalf of the angels.
Genesis 18
Genesis 19
Abraham is told of the
Lot is told of the
impending judgment on impending destruction
Sodom and Gomorrah.
of Sodom and
Gomorrah.
Abraham’s wife
Lot’s wife expresses
expresses disbelief at
disbelief at God’s
the promise of God
warning not to look
concerning the birth of a back at the doomed
son.
city of Sodom.
Culminates in the birth
of a son.
Culminates in the
death of a city.
Genesis 18
Genesis 19
Abraham believed the
promises of God.
Lot became fearful
due to his unbelief.
God gave Abraham a
son through his wife,
Sarah.
Lot had two sons born
through incest with
his own daughters.
Abraham’s offspring
were blessed.
Pictures one in a
covenant relationship
with God.
Lot’s offspring were
cursed.
Pictures one
approaching life
independently of God.
Then the LORD rained on Sodom and
Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the
LORD out of heaven, 25 and He overthrew
those cities, and all the valley, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on
the ground. (Genesis 19:24-25).
Lot
Moab
Ammon
 Gerar
Now Abraham
journeyed from
there toward
the land of the
Negev, and
settled between
Kadesh and
Shur; then he
sojourned in
Gerar. (Genesis
20:1).
Abimelech
• King of Gerar
• Takes Sarah
• Hears God
Sarah
Abraham
“She is my sister…”
Promises given: Abram called to leave his family.
Promise of Seed (12:1-3)
Sojourn in Egypt, “She is my sister” (12.10-20)
Lot and Abram: Negotiations (13).
Abram rescues Lot and people of Sodom (14)
Abram prepares a sacrifice for a covenant ceremony:
God promises descendants and the Land (15)
Hagar and Ishmael (16)
Abrahamic Covenant (17:1-22)
Abraham and Ishmael circumcised (17:23-27).
Abraham prepares a meal: God promises that Sarah
will give birth to Isaac (18:1-15).
God and Abram: Negotiations (18:16-33).
Angels rescue Lot and destroy Sodom (19)
Sojourn in Gerar, “She is my sister” (20)
Promises fulfilled: Isaac born; Hagar & Ishmael sent out;
Isaac offered on altar (21-22)
Genesis 22:1
Now it came about after these
things, that God tested Abraham, and
said to him, “Abraham!” And he said,
“Here I am.”
Genesis 22:2
He said, “Take now your son,
your only son, whom you love, Isaac,
and go to the land of Moriah, and offer
him there as a burnt offering on one of
the mountains of which I will tell you.”
2 Chronicles 3:1. Then Solomon
began to build the house of the LORD in
Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the
Lord had appeared to his father David...
Dome of the Rock
Genesis 22:3
So Abraham rose early in the
morning and saddled his donkey, and
took two of his young men with him
and Isaac his son; and he split wood
for the burnt offering, and arose and
went to the place of which God had
told him.
Genesis 22:4-5
On the third day Abraham raised
his eyes and saw the place from a
distance. 5 Abraham said to his young
men, “Stay here with the donkey, and
I and the lad will go over there; and
we will worship and return to you.”
Genesis 22:7-8
Isaac spoke to Abraham his
father and said, “My father!” And he
said, “Here I am, my son.” And he
said, “Behold, the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for the burnt
offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will
provide for Himself the lamb for the
burnt offering, my son.” So the two of
them walked on together.
Isaac
Jesus
• To be offered as a
sacrifice to God
• Offered as a sacrifice
for the sins of the world
• Taken to Mount Moriah
outside the ancient city
of Jerusalem
• Taken to Golgotha
outside the city of
Jerusalem
• Carried the wood for
the sacrifice up the
mountain
• Carried his own cross
for his crucifixion up
the mountain
• Bound and laid on the
altar
• Nailed to the cross
Isaac
• Three days for
Abraham and Isaac to
travel to Moriah, the
place of death
Jesus
• Three days after his
crucifixion, Jesus rose
from the dead
Genesis 22:9-10
Then they came to the place of
which God had told him; and Abraham
built the altar there and arranged the
wood, and bound his son Isaac and
laid him on the altar, on top of the
wood. 10 Abraham stretched out his
hand and took the knife to slay his
son.
Genesis 22:11-12
But the angel of the LORD called
to him from heaven and said,
“Abraham, Abraham!” And he said,
“Here I am.” 12 He said, “Do not
stretch out your hand against the lad,
and do nothing to him; for now I know
that you fear God, since you have not
withheld your son, your only son, from
Me.”
Genesis 22:13-14
Then Abraham raised his eyes and
looked, and behold, behind him a ram
caught in the thicket by his horns; and
Abraham went and took
the
ram,
and
Yireh, from the root
offered him up for a burnt
in see.”
wordoffering
Ra’ah, “to
the place of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of
that place The LORD Will Provide, as
it is said to this day, "In the mount of
the LORD it will be provided."
13
Isaiah 53:11
As a result of the anguish of His
soul, He will see it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many, As
He will bear their iniquities.
Ra’ah, “to see.”