The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Teaching PointsObedience to God's CommandsThe Israelites are called to complete obedience, which includes difficult tasks. This teaches us the importance of following God's commands fully, even when they are...
The land of Canaan, which the Israelites are about to enter, a place of abundance and blessing.5. Covenant with the PatriarchsThe promises made by God to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, which include blessings and the inheritance of the land. Teaching PointsDivine Source of WealthRecognize that ...
31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Tera...
16Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 17And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 18Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; ...
This is the same blessing that God gave Abraham more than a century before Jacob's departure for Haran. In the chart below you can see the various forms of this blessing. There are at least three elements woven again and again through these blessings:...
Genesis 17:8: "I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God." Genesis 26:4: "I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendant...
1. Hagarwas Sarah’s handmaid. Her story is recorded inGenesis 16:1-16andGenesis 21:9-21. Sarah did not trust God to provide a son in his perfect timing, so Sarah gave Hagar to her husband Abraham to have a child. Hagar was hurt by this decision, as was Sarah. ...
So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. He slept with Hagar, and she conceived." (16:1-4a)Now this arrangement may seem rather immoral to you, but it was perfectly legal in ...
every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.3Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you every...
Jasher 13:5 says that Abram went to the land of Canaan at the age of 50 then back to Haran and back to Canaan at age 75, Genesis 12:4 states that Abram was 75 when he departed Haran. Jasher 18:9 states that one of the angels tells Abraham that Sarah will have a son, but Gen...