Gen.11:10,27
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Born of Shemitic race. (Father Terah; mother unknown)
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11:31
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2.
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Goes with father from Ur to Haran. (Lower Mesopotamia to upper Mesopotamia)
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12:1-5
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3.
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Called by God to go from Haran to land of promise. Leaves with nephew, Lot.
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12:6-7
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4.
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(1921 B.C.?) Passes through Shechem to oak of Moreh where God meets him.
Promised this land. Builds altar.
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12:8
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5.
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To Bethel on west and Ai on east. Builds second altar.
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12:9
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6.
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Continues south to Negev.
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12:10-20
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7.
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Famine occurs; goes to Egypt. Lies about Sarai as wife. Receives abundance from Pharaoh.
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13:1
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8.
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Departs Egypt for Negev with Lot. Rich in cattle, silver, and gold.
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13:3-4
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9.
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(1918 B.C.?) From Negev to Bethel, to previous altar. (Original site from 12:8) Calls on God.
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13:5-13
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10.
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Schism with Lot's tribe. Lot to Valley of Jordan, east and south. (Sodom)
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13:14-18
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11.
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Abram now shown by God land promised. (#4 above. No., So., Ea., and West.) Walks through land given,
thus officially claiming it. Dwells by oak of Mamre in Hebron. Third altar built.
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14:14-16
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12.
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Takes a force of 318 northward to Dan, on to Hobah, north (NE?) of Damascus, to retrieve
Lot from kings who invaded Sodom.
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14:17
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13.
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(1913 B.C.?) Met by king of Sodom upon return.
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14:18-20
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14.
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Met in king's valley (Shaveh) also by Melchizedek, king of Salem, High Priest of Most High God. Given bread and wine and receives
Melchizedek's blessing. Gives tithe.
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14:21-24
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15.
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Offered reward from king of Sodom, but refuses for self, allowing men to take their deserved pay.
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15:1-21
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16.
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God appears to Abram with promise of heir and their inheritance, and a prophecy of captivity for 400 years.
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16:1-16
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17.
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(1911 B.C.?) Abram given Hagar (handmaid) by Sarai. Ishmael born. Abram age 86.
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17:1-4
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18.
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(1898 B.C.?) God appears to Abram (age 99) with promise and Covenant.
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Gen.17:5
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19.
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Name changed to Abraham.
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17:11
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20.
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Circumcision ordered.
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17:15
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21.
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Sarai's name changed to Sarah. A blessing to seed.
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17:19,21
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22.
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Son to be called Isaac and covenant made with him.
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17:20
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23.
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Ishmael, father of 12 princes, to be a great nation.
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17:23-27
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24.
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Abraham 99, Ishmael 13, and all males circumcised. (Born or bought.)
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18:1-15
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25.
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God appears as 3 men to Abraham at tent door in heat of day. Promise of son in one year. Sarah's denied response.
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18:16-33
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26.
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Mission to Sodom and Gomorrah revealed to Abraham. His numerical plea. (Spared if 10 righteous found.)
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19:27-28
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27.
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Abraham stands in place as earlier before God and witnesses smoke from Sodom and Gomorrah's destruction. Zoar spared because of
Lot's intercession for their safety.
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19:30-38
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28.
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Lot ascends mountains from Zoar. Daughters' sin of incest. 2 sons born: Moab (Moabites),
and Ben-ammi (Ammonites).
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20:1
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29.
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Abraham goes to Negev; settles in Kadesh and Shur. Then to Gerar.
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20:2-18
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30.
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Lies to king Abimelech (of Gerar) as in Egypt earlier. (#7 - Sarah is sister, truthfully ? sister.) Curse lifted. Sarah restored
untouched as before. Abraham receives gifts from king.
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21:1-5
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31.
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(1897 B.C.?) Sarah bears Isaac; circumcised 8 days old. (Abraham age 100.)
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21:6-21
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32.
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Hagar and Ishmael sent out. Ishmael, ½ Hebrew and ½ Egyptian, marries Egyptian.
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21:22-34
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33.
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Abraham covenants at well of Beersheba with king Abimelech for Abimelech's posterity. Plants tamarisk tree and calls on God.
Remains in Philistia many days.
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22:1-18
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34.
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(1872 B.C.?) Abraham sent by God to Moriah for testing. (Sacrifice of Isaac.)
Receives blessing again.
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22:19
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35.
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Returns with Isaac and company to Beersheba. Informed of brother Nahor's posterity.
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23:1-20
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36.
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(1860 B.C.?) Sarah (127) dies at Kiriath-arba (Hebron).
Abraham's request of Heth for burial place. Cave of Machpelah purchased from Ephron (Hittite) for 400 pieces silver.
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24
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37.
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(1857 B.C.?) Abraham, old, sends chief servant to city of Nahor (Haran in Mesopotamia)
for wife for Isaac. Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, granddaughter of Nahor (½ brother of Abraham), chosen.
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25:1-4
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38.
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(1853 B.C.?) Abraham marries Keturah. Bears many sons. (6 listed.)
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25:5
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39.
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All Abraham's inheritance given to Isaac.
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25:6
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40.
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Sends sons of concubines to east away from Isaac.
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25:7-8
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41.
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Abraham dies. (175 years old.)
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25:9-10
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42.
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Buried by sons, Isaac and Ishmael, in cave of Machpelah, with wife Sarah.
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Gen.25:8
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(EPITAPH) "And Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life,
and he was gathered to his people." (NAS)
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Heb.11:8-19
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(TRIBUTE) "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out...went out, not knowing whither he went...he
sojourned in the land of promise...dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise..."
(KJV)
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