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Abram’s Lack of Faith (The Birth of Ishmael) | Genesis Chapter 16
In Genesis 15 we celebrate Abram’s faith and God’s making of the covenant with him. He is doing so well, only to fall once again in weakness of faith. How? Sarah concocts a plan to “help” God fulfill His promises and creates massive problems for the family and the descendants of Abraham unto this day.
God Ratifies His Covenant With Abram | Genesis 15:7-21
After returning from the Battle of the Kings, God appears to Abram in a vision and restates His covenant. He later confirms that covenant with a visual ratification.
The Righteousness of Abram | Genesis 15:1-6
After Abram returns from the battle of the kings, God appears to him in a vision and reaffirms His promise of a seed and many descendants. Abram believes God and his faith (belief in God’s promise) is counted as righteousness.
The War of the Kings | Genesis 14:1-16
After Lot departs from Abram, there is a war of the kings in the Transjordanian area. Lot is captured and Abram is determined to save him. What will become of the promise (seed)? That is, what happens if Abram dies in battle? What does this say to the future descendants of Abraham?
Melchizedec Meets Abram | Genesis 14:17-24
After returning from the battle of the kings, Abram is met by Melchizedec. Who is this Melchizedec? And what is so significant about this encounter?
The Resurrection of the Dead | Genesis 13:14-18
After Lot separates from Abram, God renews His covenant promise with Abram. However, this time He expands it to INCLUDE Abram himself (Genesis 12:7). However, by the time Abraham dies this promise remains unfulfilled. So what does this mean? This is the principle of resurrection that is taught in the Old Testament.
Abram and Lot Separate | Genesis:13-1-13
Now that Abram has returned back to the Promised Land from his stay in Egypt, he discovers that God provides for him there. He repents and continues life with his wife and nephew Lot until there is disagreement about the land resources.
Abram FAILS and God Has To Rescue Him | Genesis 12:10-20
Abram has demonstrated great faith by leaving his father’s household, obeying God and going to the Promised Land. His faith is indeed great, but he/it is still not what God desires it/him to be. So, God gives Abram his first test and he fails miserably. What does this teach us?
The Call of Abram | Genesis 12:1-9
We move on now from God’s concentrating on the Seed-line to a particular man/family (Abraham). Abraham is the continuation of the Seed-line, and the further development of God’s desire for a holy people – the Israelite nation.
From Shem to Abram | Genesis 11:10-32
Now we begin to concentrate on the Seed line from Shem to Abram, as we prepare for the history of the Jewish people, descending from Abram. We prepare to move from a Seed-line to a family (Abraham).
The Tower of Babel | Genesis 11:1-9
Genesis 10 contains the lists of nations and races, according to their languages that came from the three sons of Noah. But how did we get them all? How did the nations come about? All of this is answered in our study of the Tower of Babel incident and God’s response to Nimrod’s rebellion.
The Division of Nations | Genesis Chapter 10
Genesis 10 deals with the separation of the sons of Noah into families and nations of peoples. It presupposes the events of Genesis 11 (Tower of Babel) and gives a listing of the 70 distinct nations that will be created from this event.