ABRAHAMS PROMISE 11 26 12 8 Abrahams Story

ABRAHAM’S PROMISE 11: 26 -12: 8

Abraham’s Story A Divided Planet (11: 7 -8) A Chosen Family (11: 26 -32)

Chosen Family Noah Shem Terah Abram Nahor Haran Isaac Ishmael Lot Jacob Esau Israel

EGYPT Negev Shechem Bethel Salem ARABIA Ur

Abraham’s Story A Divided Planet (11: 7 -8) A Chosen Family (11: 26 -32) A Challenging Command (12: 1) A Gracious Promise (12: 2 -3)

The Promise Land

EGYPT PROMISED LAND Salem ARABIA

The Promise Land Seed = descendants Blessing I will bless you make your name great you shall be a blessing bless those who bless curse those who curse in you all families will be blessed

Galatians 3: 8– 9 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall the nations be blessed…”

Abraham’s Story A Divided Planet (11: 7 -8) A Chosen Family (11: 26 -32) A Challenging Command (12: 1) A Gracious Promise (12: 2 -3) A Growing Faith (12: 4 -8)

Haran CANAAN EGYPT Negev Shechem Bethel Salem ARABIA Ur

Hebrews 11: 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Abraham’s Story A Divided Planet (11: 7 -8) A Chosen Family (11: 26 -32) A Challenging Command (12: 1) A Gracious Promise (12: 2 -3) A Growing Faith (12: 4 -8)

Abraham’s Lessons God chooses the unworthy

Abraham’s Lessons Joshua 24: 2 …Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. ’

Abraham’s Lessons God chooses the unworthy

Abraham’s Lessons Ephesians 2: 8– 9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.