Course · 8 lessons · Genesis 12–24
Father Abraham
Leave home with Abram and follow God’s promise: the stars of the sky, three visitors, Sodom, the son of laughter and “God will provide.”
- 1God Calls AbramGenesis 12:1–9 · Haran to CanaanThe LORD told Abram to leave his country, his kindred and his father’s house and go to a land He would show him. God promised to make him a great…
- 2Abram Lets Lot ChooseGenesis 13:1–18 · BethelAbram and his nephew Lot had so many flocks, herds and tents that the land could not hold them both, and their herdmen began to quarrel. Abram said…
- 3Count the StarsGenesis 15:1–6 · Under the starsThe word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield.” Abram still had no child, so God brought him outside, told him…
- 4Three VisitorsGenesis 18:1–15 · The oaks of MamreIn the heat of the day Abraham saw three men standing by his tent in the plains of Mamre, and he ran to welcome them. He asked Sarah to make cakes…
- 5Lot Escapes from SodomGenesis 18:16–33 · 19:12–29 · The plain of JordanWhen the LORD told Abraham how grievous the sin of Sodom was, Abraham drew near and prayed for the city, asking God to spare it even for ten…
- 6Isaac Is BornGenesis 21:1–7 · Beer-shebaThe LORD did for Sarah just as He had spoken: when Abraham was an hundred years old, Sarah bare him a son at the very time God had promised. Abraham…
- 7God Will ProvideGenesis 22:1–19 · Mount MoriahGod tested Abraham, telling him to offer his only son Isaac on a mountain in the land of Moriah. As they went up, Isaac carried the wood and asked,…
- 8A Bride for IsaacGenesis 24:1–67 · The well at NahorAbraham sent his eldest servant to his own kindred to find a wife for Isaac. At the well outside the city of Nahor the servant prayed for a sign,…