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God’s Promise to Abraham

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Genesis 12:1-3; 17:1-8

Psalm 1:1-6

The students will be able to list the benefits that came to Abraham through believing and following God. They will further be able to cite the benefits that come to Christians today when they follow the same course of action.

I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. — Genesis 15:1

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. — Romans 5:1-2

The First Hebrew

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The account in Genesis 12:1-3 takes place about four hundred years after the Flood, and already man had forgotten God. In verse 2, God promises Abram to “make thy name great.” Abram means “a high father.” Abraham means “the father of a multitude of nations.”

Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born, the beginning of the fulfillment of God’s promise of many descendants.

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The first use of the word Hebrew is found in Genesis 14:13. There doesn’t seem to be a clear meaning for its origin. The first suggestion in Smith’s Bible Dictionary is that Abraham was called Hebrew because he had crossed the river. His original home, Ur, was near the Euphrates River. The name also may have referred to his ancestor Heber (“Eber” in Genesis 11:14), the great grandson of Shem.