Genesis 25:1-11 (ESV) 25 Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. 3 Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan; the descendants of Dedan were the Ashurites, the Letushites and the Leummites. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida […]
Read More →Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban ran out toward the man, to the spring. 30 As soon as he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister’s arms, and heard the words of Rebekah his sister, “Thus the man spoke to me,” he went to the man. And behold, he was standing by the […]
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Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh, 3 that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will […]
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1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,4 “I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give […]
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Genesis 22 (ESV) The text today emphasizes this point MANY times: God will provide. We might be tempted to read this and laser in on Abraham. But the text does not focus on Abraham and his great faith. The point of our story today is about how our unchanging God provides for his people. He […]
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Genesis 21:22-34 (ESV) At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do. Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my descendants or with my posterity, but as I have dealt kindly with you, so […]
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Genesis 21:1-21 (ESV) The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. v.1-2 -This was one of the greatest days of Abraham’s life. There were many, but none like the day Isaac […]
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Genesis 20 God is powerful (two ways): God understands our circumstances: 1 Cor 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be […]
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Genesis 19 (ESV) Our own words can lack power and diminish our witness: The angels are commanding 3 things: get out of here, don’t turn back and don’t stop until you get all the way out. Jesus implies that Lot’s wife returned to Sodom, that it was not a casual glance that caused her to […]
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Genesis 18:16-33 (ESV) v. 16-19 – With the meal and family conference over, the three guests rose from supper and looked toward Sodom. Perhaps, Abraham could discern Sodom’s doom. As the four walk toward the cursed city, the LORD hesitated, looking to Sodom and to Abraham. The Holy Spirit revealed the thoughts of God on […]
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