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Call of God to Abram
Genesis 12 – Call of God to Abram as the divine reversal of the dispersal at
Town of Babel
Why did God choose Abram? God’s law? God’s choice?
Covenant 12:1-3
Leaves home and family
Sarai barren
Promise of a homeland (by faith, Hebrews 11)
Journey from Haran to Negev 4-9
Names, journeys, altars
To Egypt and back 10-13:1
Abram’s lie re: Sarai 12:11-15
Abram’s financial gain 12:16
Sarai’s admission to Pharaoh’s harem 12:19
Plagues on Pharaoh’s house 12:17-20
Abram to Negeb 13:1
Religious conviction
Wicked action
Gen. 13 Separation of Abram and Lot
Abram and his nephew Lot in Canaan, very wealthy; partnership breaks
up; they separate; Lot takes fertile Jordan Valley; Abram remains in the
highlands. He is generous to Lot. “Soft” life vs. rugged life? Soft faith vs. rugged
faith?
War and Victory 14:1-24
Kings at war in the valley of Siddim
Four against five
Sodom and Gomorrah packed; Lot taken prisoner 10-12. Abram rescues
Lot 13-16 with his private army. Abram and Melchizedek 17-24-after war in
concluded, Melchizedek comes out bringing bread and wine. Abram gives him a
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tenth of everything. Mel refuses the booty. Bram comes to city which will be
Jerusalem.
Revelation to Abram 15:1-21
Abram’s descendents 1-6
Slave
Son and numerous descendants
Covenant with Abram – “cut a covenant” 7-11
8-9 demand for proof
12-16 promise to Abram in a vision at night
17-21 promise made specific
Time of spiritual crisis for Abram; doubt is responded to with the covenant
Assurance of the promise embodied in ritual
Sarai’s barrenness 16:1-16
Abram becomes wealthier
No heir
Sarai’s disability
Gives her own maid, Hagar, to Abram to raise up children (Abram doubts
original conviction) Hagar conceives
Sarai’s contempt
Hagar flees to wilderness, visited by angel 7-14
Return to Sarai; birth of Ishmael 15-16
Covenant and circumcision 17:1-27
Covenant repeated to Abram by God 17:1-8
Name changed to Abraham
New name for God – El Shaddai (God Almighty)
Covenant extends to descendants
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Requirement of circumcision 17:9-14
Physical circumcision
Spiritual circumcision
Promises of son to Sarai and Ishmael will be a great nation 17:15-21
Circumcision of Abram’s family 17:22-27
Abram submitted that very day
Abraham’s Visitation 18:1-19
Three visitors at Oaks of Mamre
Hospitality extended
Son promised
Sarai laughs
Revelation of that which the Lord is about to do to Sodom and Gomorra
Abraham’s intercession 18:20-33
Question the justice of destroying the righteous with the wicked
Intercedes for Sodom- God relents for ten righteous people
God’s messengers in Sodom 19:1-11
Lot is host, a gracious host
Men of town demand the guests
Lot offers his daughters
Men attack Lot’s house
Lot saved by blinding flash
Warning to Lot 19:12-23
Visitors warn Lot of coming destruction
Argument about where to go
Destruction 19:24-29
Lot’s family almost waits too late
Lot’s wife a pillar of salt
Destruction of Sodom and Gomorra
Last story about Lot 19:30-38
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Unmarried daughters get him drunk and conceive by him: one son is
ancestor of Moabites; another is ancestor of Amorites (Taunt at Moab and
Ammon)
Lot ended his life in poverty and at the mercy of his daughters. Lot
diminishes, Abram only increases
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