Notes
The story of Abraham is a story of the pursuit of God.
The story of the beginning of the Jewish people.
A lesson of love, obedience, and abiding.
Gen. 12:1-10 (CJB)
Bless (H1288): Salute, thank, repay.
Curse [Abraham/Israel] (H7043): to make light of; treat as unimportant or trivial (treating the covenant with Abraham as if it doesn’t matter). To despise, esteem lightly.
Curse[d] [by God] (H779): hated, despised, condemned.
Covenant (ch. 17) (H1285): cutting a compact (because it is made by passing between two pieces of flesh): confederacy, league. root: (H1262): to select, choose, feed.
Land Promise (initial and repeated in this Parsha): Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 15:7, 15, 18; 17:8
Altars built:
(A place of worship, dedication, and a place of offering and remembrance).
Shechem – 12:6-7
Bethel – 12:8
Hebron – 13:8
War of the kings in ch. 14 – Psa. 2:1-5 (CJB)
Abraham gives a tenth to Melchizedek (Gen. 14:17-20).
Gen. 16:3-16 (CJB)
Covenant – ch. 17
God Almighty: Sufficient in granting mercy. Sufficient power to give whatever is necessary.
A test from God is different from a temptation from the enemy.
A test proves our devotion to God.
A temptation pulls us away from God.
Leaving behind the familiar to trust God with the future.
Isa. 43:18-19 (CJB)
Phil. 3:12-21 (CJB)
Recommended Resources
The Crucified Life: A. W. Tozer
Our Father Abraham- Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith: Marvin R. Wilson
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