The Call of Abram and God's Promise

 

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Important People and Important Vocabulary

I. Abraham- Father of Biblical Faith.

II. Sarah- Abraham's wife.

III. Abram/ Sarai- Abraham and Sarah first appear in the Book of Genesis with these names.

IV. Semites- Refers to a number of ancient peoples of the Near East, from whom the Israelites descended.

V. Promise- God promises that from Abram's offspring will come a great nation, a blessing for the world.

VI. Lot- Abram's nephew.

VII. Canaan- Promised Land; God leads Abram to this land.

• Semites are members of any of the peoples who speak or spoke a Semitic language, including the Jews and Arabs.
• Canaan may be derived from a Semitic word signifying ‘reddish purple’, a reference to the purple dye made in the area or to the wool made with such dye. It has also been suggested that it may come from kana ‘to be low’ or ‘humble’, thus ‘lowlands.’

The Call of Abram

Now mthe Lord said1 to Abram, “Go from your country2 and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. 2 nAnd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 oI will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and pin you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”3

4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from qHaran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram rpassed through the land to the place at Shechem, to sthe oak4 of tMoreh. At that time uthe Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, v“To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of wBethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.

Genesis 12: 1-9

Why did I choose this verse?  

I chose this verse because I think we should follow the plan that God has for us. God always gives us his word.