God's Call to Abram
What does the LORD command Abram to do?
(Genesis 12:1)
Leave your country, your relatives and your father's home and go to the land that I am going to show you.
What relative did Abram bring along on his journey to Canaan?
(Genesis 12:5)
His nephew Lot.
What names does God give Abram and Sarai when he makes his covenant with Abram?
(Genesis 17:5, 15)
Abraham and Sarah
What did God tell Abraham to do as a test of his faith?
(Genesis 22:2)
"Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me."
Why do we study scripture?
(2 Timothy 3:16)
"All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness."
What was the first promise the LORD made to Abram?
(Genesis 12:2)
I will give you many descendants and they will become a great nation.
What caused Abram to separate from Lot?
(Genesis 13:5-9)
There was not enough pasture land for both Abram's and Lot's livestock. Their men were quarreling.
How many men did Abraham see as he was sitting in front of his tent during the hottest time of the day?
(Genesis 18:2)
Three
What did Abraham tell his servants when he saw the place God wanted him and Isaac to go to?
(Genesis 22:5)
Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there and worship, and then we will come back to you.
Who created man?
(Genesis 1:27)
"So God created man in his own image...male and female He created them."
What was the second promise the LORD made to Abram?
(Genesis 12:2)
I will bless you and make your name famous.
Who gets captured by the warring Kings?
(Genesis 14:12)
Lot and all his family and possessions.
What did Sarah do when she heard that she was to give birth to a son?
(Genesis 18:12)
She laughed.
What did Abraham make Isaac carry up the mountain?
(Genesis 22:6)
The wood for the sacrifice.
What is God's covenant with Noah?
(Genesis 9:11)
"I establish my covenant with you...and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
What was the third promise the LORD made to Abram?(Genesis 12:3)
What was the name of the priest Abram met after the defeat of Chedorlaomer and rescue of Lot?
(Genesis 14:18)
Melchizedek.
What was the name of Abraham's son by Sarah's Egyptian servant Hagar?
(Genesis 21:9)
Ishmael
What did Isaac ask Abraham as they were walking together? What did Abraham answer?
(Genesis 22:7-8)
Isaac: I see that you have the coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?
Abraham: God himself will provide one.
What was God's covenant with Abraham?
(Genesis 12:2)
"I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you."
What was the land that God gave to Abram?
(Genesis 12:5-7)
Canaan.
What does the priest Melchizedek bring out when he blesses Abram?
(Genesis 14:18)
Bread and wine.
What name did Abraham and Sarah give to their son?
(Genesis 21:3)
Isaac
Isaac was not a young boy but a young man, strong enough to carry a substantial load of wood up a mountain. What enabled Isaac to allow his father to tie him up and and place him on the wood for a sacrifice?
Bonus: Who does Isaac prefigure in the New Testament?
His faith and love of his father and his faith and love of his father's God.
Bonus: Jesus Christ carrying his cross to Golgotha to be a sacrifice for for the sins of all mankind.
Who did Isaac marry?
(Genesis 24:67)
Rebekah