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Genesis 12-22Genesis 12-22

© John Stevenson, 2012

Genesis 1-11Events Predominant

– Creation– Fall– Flood– Tower of Babel

Genesis 12-50People Predominant

– Abraham– Isaac– Jacob– Joseph

Race as a whole Family of Abraham

Over 2000 years 250 years

Abraham Nahor

Terah

Haran

LotNow these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot. (Genesis 11:27).

Abraham Nahor

Terah

Haran

LotHaran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. (Genesis 11:28).

Genesis 11:29-30 Genesis 11:29-30 Abram and Nahor took wives for

themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 Sarai was barren; she had no child.

Genesis 11:31-32Genesis 11:31-32Terah took Abram his son, and

Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there. 32 The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran.

Ur

Haran

Genesis 12:1-3Genesis 12:1-3Now the LORD said to Abram,

“Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father’s house,To the land which I will show you;

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Genesis 12:2Genesis 12:2And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing;

Genesis 12:3Genesis 12:3“And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

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Promises given: Abram called to leave his family. Promise of Seed (12:1-3)

Promises fulfilled: Isaac born; Hagar & Ishmael sent out; Isaac offered on altar (21-22)

Sojourn in Egypt, “She is my sister” (12.10-20)

Sojourn in Gerar, “She is my sister” (20)

Lot and Abram: Negotiations (13).Abram rescues Lot and people of Sodom (14)

God and Abram: Negotiations (18:16-33).Angels rescue Lot and destroy Sodom (19)

Abram prepares a sacrifice for a covenant ceremony: God promises descendants and the Land (15)

Abraham prepares a meal: God promises that Sarah will give birth to Isaac (18:1-15).

Hagar and Ishmael (16)

Abraham and Ishmael circumcised (17:23-27).

Abrahamic Covenant (17:1-22)

Genesis 12:4Genesis 12:4So Abram went forth as the

LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.

Genesis 12:5Genesis 12:5Abram took Sarai his wife and

Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.

Ur

Haran

Genesis 12:5Genesis 12:5Abram took Sarai his wife and

Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.

Jerusalem●

Abram passed Abram passed through the through the

land as far as land as far as the site of the site of

Shechem, to Shechem, to the oak of the oak of

Moreh. Now Moreh. Now the Canaanite the Canaanite was was then in the then in the land (Genesis land (Genesis

12:6)12:6)

Shechem●

Genesis 12:7Genesis 12:7The LORD appeared to Abram

and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him.

Jerusalem●

Then he Then he proceeded proceeded

from there to from there to the mountain the mountain on the east of on the east of Bethel, and Bethel, and pitched his pitched his tent, with tent, with

Bethel on the Bethel on the west and Ai west and Ai

on the east… on the east… (12:8)(12:8)

Shechem●

Bethel●

Jerusalem●

,,,and there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD. (12:8)(12:8)

Shechem●

Bethel●

Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev (12:9)(12:9)

Shechem●

Bethel●

Genesis 12:10Genesis 12:100 Now there was a famine in the

land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.

Genesis 12:13Genesis 12:13Please say that you are my

sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you.”

Genesis 12:17Genesis 12:17But the LORD struck Pharaoh

and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Abram and his family enter Egypt because

of a famine in the land.

Abram in Egypt Israel in EgyptIsrael enters Egypt

because of a famine in the land.

The Lord strikes pharaoh and his house

with great plagues.

The Lord strikes all of Egypt with great

plagues.

Pharaoh treats Abram well.

Pharaoh treats Israel harshly.

Abram leaves Egypt with all his belongings.

Israel leaves Egypt with all their belongings.

Genesis 13:1-2Genesis 13:1-2So Abram went up from Egypt to

the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him. 2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold

Genesis 13:3-4Genesis 13:3-4He went on his journeys from

the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, 4 to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:5-6Genesis 13:5-6Now Lot, who went with Abram,

also had flocks and herds and tents. 6 And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

Genesis 13:7Genesis 13:7And there was strife between the

herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.

Genesis 13:8-10Genesis 13:8-10So Abram said to Lot, “Please

let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. 9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.”

Lot lifted up his eyes Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it of the Jordan, that it

was well watered was well watered everywhere-- everywhere-- this was this was

before the LORD before the LORD destroyed Sodom and destroyed Sodom and

Gomorrah-- like the Gomorrah-- like the garden of the LORD, garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt like the land of Egypt

as you go to Zoar as you go to Zoar (Genesis 13:10)(Genesis 13:10)

So Lot chose for So Lot chose for himself all the himself all the valley of the valley of the

Jordan, and Lot Jordan, and Lot journeyed journeyed

eastward. Thus eastward. Thus they separated they separated from each other from each other (Genesis 13:11).(Genesis 13:11).

Genesis 14:1-2Genesis 14:1-2And it came about in the days of

Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

Egypt

Goiim(Nations?)

Ellasar? ElamCanaan

Shinar

Genesis 14:3Genesis 14:3All these came as allies to the

valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Genesis 14:4Genesis 14:4Twelve years they had served

Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Genesis 14:5-6Genesis 14:5-6In the fourteenth year

Chedor-laomer and the kings that were with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 14:7Genesis 14:7Then they turned

back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

Genesis 14:10-12Genesis 14:10-12Now the valley of Siddim was full

of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country. 11 Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed. 12 They also took Lot, Abram’s nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom.

Genesis 14:14Genesis 14:14When Abram heard

that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.

● Dan

Gate of Laish, Gate of Laish, ancient site of ancient site of

DanDan

Genesis 14:16Genesis 14:16He brought back all the goods,

and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people.

Genesis 14:17Genesis 14:17Then after his return from the

defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).

Bera, Bera, King of SodomKing of Sodom

King of Sodom, a city of sinful pleasure.

Melchizedek, Melchizedek, King of SalemKing of Salem

King of Salem, a city of peace.

Came out to meet Abram.

Came out to meet Abram.

He offered riches to Abram.

He offered a blessing to Abram along with

bread and wine.Abram refused his

offer.Abram accepted his blessings and the

gifts.

Bera, Bera, King of SodomKing of Sodom

Abram returned all of his riches and people.

Melchizedek, Melchizedek, King of SalemKing of Salem

Abram gave to him tithes of all the spoils

of war.Represents the city of

man.Represents the city of

God.

Genesis 14:18Genesis 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem

brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High.

Genesis 14:18-20Genesis 14:18-20He blessed him and said,

He gave him a tenth of all.

“Blessed be Abram of God Most High,

Possessor of heaven and earth;

20 And blessed be God Most High,

Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.”

Sarai is barrenSarai is barren

• Lot as a potential heir

• Eliezar of Damascus as a potential heir

Genesis 15:4Genesis 15:4Then behold, the word of the

LORD came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.”

Sarai is barrenSarai is barren

• Lot as a potential heir

• Eliezar of Damascus as a potential heir

• One from Abram’s own body will be his heir

Genesis 15:5Genesis 15:5And He took him outside and

said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

Genesis 15:6Genesis 15:6Then he believed in the LORD;

and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

Genesis 15:7-8Genesis 15:7-8And He said to him, “I am the

LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it.” 8 He said, “O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?”

Genesis 15:9-11Genesis 15:9-11So He said to him, “Bring Me a

three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds. 11 The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

Genesis 15 &The Covenant Ceremony

“To Cut a Covenant”

Genesis 15:12Genesis 15:12Now when the sun was going

down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him.

Will be Will be buried at buried at a good, a good, old ageold age

Strangers Strangers in a land in a land

that is not that is not their owntheir own

God will God will judge judge

that land that land

In the fourth In the fourth generation generation

they will they will return herereturn here

The iniquity of the Amorites… The iniquity of the Amorites…

FilledFilled

Genesis 15:17Genesis 15:17It came about when the sun had

set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.

…a smoking oven and a flaming torch

Genesis 15:18-21Genesis 15:18-21On that day the LORD made a

covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite 20 and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim 21 and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite.”

ASSYRIA

EGYPT

…from the river of Egypt as far as the great river,

the river Euphrates

Genesis 16:1-2Genesis 16:1-2Now Sarai, Abram's wife had

borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar. 2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

““Gilimninu has been given to Gilimninu has been given to Shennima as wife. If Gilimninu Shennima as wife. If Gilimninu

bears children, Shennima shall not bears children, Shennima shall not take another wife, But if Gilimninu take another wife, But if Gilimninu

does not bear, she shall take a does not bear, she shall take a slave-girl from the Lullu-region as slave-girl from the Lullu-region as

wife for Shennima. As for the wife for Shennima. As for the concubine’s offspring, Gilimninu concubine’s offspring, Gilimninu

shall not send them away.” shall not send them away.”

Genesis 15Begins with God

coming to Abram with a message.

Genesis 16Begins with Sarai

coming to Abram with advice.

Abram believed the Lord.

Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

God gave to Abram promises of protection, of a seed, and of the

possession of the land.

Sarai gave to Abram her handmaiden Hagar to fulfill the promise of

the seed.

Genesis 15God spoke to Abram

and gave him instruction and

promises.

Genesis 16God speaks to Hagar

and gives her instructions and

promises.

Abram is promised a son who will be his

heir.

Hagar is promised a son who will be a wild

man.

Genesis 16:5-6Genesis 16:5-6And Sarai said to Abram, “May

the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight. May the LORD judge between you and me.” 6 But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight.” So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence.

Genesis 16:7-8Genesis 16:7-8Now the angel of the LORD

found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 8 He said, “Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.”

HagarMistreated by her

mistress.

IsraelMistreated by the

Pharaoh.

Fled into the wilderness.

Escaped into the wilderness.

Encountered the angel of the Lord by the

spring on the way to the Wilderness of

Shur.

After they came out of Egypt and three days

journey into the Wilderness of Shur, they found no water.

Genesis 16:9-10Genesis 16:9-10Then the angel of the LORD said

to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority.”

10 Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count.”

Genesis 16:13-14Genesis 16:13-14Then she called the name of the

LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees”; for she said, “Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?” 14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Hagar’s SonHis descendants

would be innumerable.

Abram’s HeirHis descendants will

be innumerable.

He will be at enmity with the world.

He will be a blessing to the world.

Every man’s hand will be against him.

Whoever blesses him will be blessed and whoever curses him

will be cursed.

Abraham is 99 years old (17:1)

Abraham is 99, Ishmael is 13 years old (17:24-25).

The Lord appeared to Abram (17:1-2).

God went up from Abraham (17:22).

God will make a covenant with Abram to multiply him (17:2).

God promises multiplication through Isaac and Ishmael (17:18-21)

Abram fell on his face (17:3).

Abraham fell on his face and laughed (17:17).

Abram's name changed to Abraham (17:4-8). • I will make nations of you. • Kings shall come forth from you

Sarai's name changed to Sarah (17:15-16). • She shall be a mother of nations • Kings of peoples shall come from her.

Circumcision commanded (17:9-14).

AbramAbram ~r'b.a;

AbrahamAbraham ~h'r'b.a;;

“Father of high places”

Rhymes with “Father of a multitude”

For I will make you the For I will make you the father of afather of a multitudemultitude of nations (Genesis 17:5) of nations (Genesis 17:5)

!!Amïh]-Amïh]-

ba;ba;

Noahic Covenant

Involves men, animals and the entire world.

Abrahamic Covenant

Involves Abraham and his descendants.

The sign is the rainbow and relates to

the entire creation.

The sign if circumcision and

relates to Abraham’s descendants.

A universal sign. A personal sign.

CircumcisionCircumcision• Involved a surgical “cutting.”

• Represented a spiritual reality: Circumcise then your heart, and stiffen your neck no more (Deuteronomy 10:16).

• A sign of faith: a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised (Romans 4:11).

Circumcision was to the Abrahamic Covenant what baptism is to the New

Covenant

Sign of the covenant is circumcision

Abrahamic Covenant

Sign of the covenant is baptism.

Circumcision was a sign of faith.

Baptism is a sign of faith.

Physical circumcision represented the

spiritual process of cutting away sin.

Water baptism represents the

identification with Christ and the spiritual

cleansing that comes through the new birth.

New Covenant

Abrahamic Covenant

Circumcision was limited to males

There is no distinction in Baptism between male

or female.

New Covenant

The promise was to God’s people AND THEIR CHILDREN (Deuteronomy

6:6‑7; Acts 2:38‑39).

Genesis 18:1Genesis 18:1Now the LORD appeared to him

by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day.

Abraham’s Three Visitors

18:1-8

Abraham’s Intercession

Abraham’s hospitality for

strangers

18:9-15 18:16-22 18:23-33

God’s prophecy

Abraham’s prayer for

Lot

God’s prophecy

Blessings for Abraham and Sarah.

Judgment on Sodom and Lot.

Seed to come through a miracle.

Sin to bring forth judgment.

Genesis 18 Genesis 19Two angels and the

Lord meet Abraham as he sits in the door of his

tent.

Two angels meet Lot as he sits at the gate of the city of Sodom.

The narrative begins in the heat of the

afternoon.

The narrative takes up with the events of that same evening.

Abraham ran to meet them and bowed down

before them.

Lot rises to meet them and then bows down before them.

Genesis 18 Genesis 19Abraham invites them to eat and rest from their

travels.

Lot invites them to eat and spend the night in

his house.They immediately accept Abraham’s

invitation.

They initially refuse Lot’s invitation but, as

he insists, they reluctantly accept.

Abraham intercedes for Lot.

Lot intercedes on behalf of the angels.

Genesis 18 Genesis 19Abraham is told of the

impending judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah.

Lot is told of the impending destruction

of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Abraham’s wife expresses disbelief at

the promise of God concerning the birth of a

son.

Lot’s wife expresses disbelief at God’s

warning not to look back at the doomed

city of Sodom.

Culminates in the birth of a son.

Culminates in the death of a city.

Genesis 18 Genesis 19Abraham believed the

promises of God.Lot became fearful due to his unbelief.

God gave Abraham a son through his wife,

Sarah.

Lot had two sons born through incest with his own daughters.

Abraham’s offspring were blessed.

Lot’s offspring were cursed.

Pictures one in a covenant relationship

with God.

Pictures one approaching life

independently of God.

Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the

LORD out of heaven, LORD out of heaven, 2525 and He overthrew and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on

the ground. (Genesis 19:24-25).the ground. (Genesis 19:24-25).

Moab Ammon

LotLot

Now Abraham journeyed from

there toward the land of the

Negev, and settled between

Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in

Gerar. (Genesis 20:1).

GerarGerar

AbimelechAbimelech

• King of Gerar

• Takes Sarah

• Hears God

SarahSarah AbrahamAbraham

““She is my sister…”She is my sister…”

Genesis 22:1Genesis 22:1Now it came about after these

things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Genesis 22:2Genesis 22:2He said, “Take now your son,

your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

2 Chronicles 3:1. Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David...

Dome of the Rock

Genesis 22:3Genesis 22:3So Abraham rose early in the

morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

Genesis 22:4-5Genesis 22:4-5On the third day Abraham raised

his eyes and saw the place from a distance. 5 Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you.”

Genesis 22:7-8Genesis 22:7-8Isaac spoke to Abraham his

father and said, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” And he said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” 8 Abraham said, “God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So the two of them walked on together.

Isaac Jesus

• To be offered as a sacrifice to God

• Offered as a sacrifice for the sins of the world

• Taken to Mount Moriah outside the ancient city of Jerusalem

• Taken to Golgotha outside the city of Jerusalem

• Carried his own cross for his crucifixion up the mountain

• Carried the wood for the sacrifice up the mountain

• Bound and laid on the altar

• Nailed to the cross

Isaac Jesus

• Three days for Abraham and Isaac to travel to Moriah, the place of death

• Three days after his crucifixion, Jesus rose from the dead

Genesis 22:9-10Genesis 22:9-10Then they came to the place of

which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.

Genesis 22:11-12Genesis 22:11-12But the angel of the LORD called

to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 12 He said, “Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

Genesis 22:13-14Genesis 22:13-14 13 Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD it will be provided."

Yireh, from the rootword Ra’ah, “to see.”

Isaiah 53:11Isaiah 53:11As a result of the anguish of His

soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.

Ra’ah, “to see.”

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