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(In your own words, summarize passages into
sentences. Goal of 12 – 15 sentences)
Genesis 18
1. Genesis 18:1 – 8 The Lord and two men
came to Abraham, who offered rest, refreshments and comfort, hurried to see to
their comfort having Sarah bake bread, his servant to prepare a meal and while
they ate, he stood nearby.
2. Genesis 18:9 – 15 Then the Lord asked
where Sarah was and declared that this time next year Sarah would bear a son,
and not to dis the idea because they were both old and Sarah laughed at the
idea and when called about it by the Lord, she lied; and the Lord called her
out for it.
3. Genesis 18:16 – 19 When the men were
about to leave, the Lord declared that he had chosen Abraham to fulfill his
promise of descendants.
4. Genesis 18:20 – 23 The Lord declared
that the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah was so great because of their sin
that he had to see for himself after which the men left, but Abraham asked the
Lord if he would kill both the righteous and unrighteous in the town?
5. Genesis 18:24 – 33 Abraham asked what
if there were 50 righteous, or 45 righteous, or 40 righteous, or 30 righteous,
or 20 righteous, or 10 righteous would the Lord destroy the town to which the
Lord replied “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.” Then he went away
and Abraham returned home.
Genesis
19
6. Genesis 19:1 – 2 The two angels arrived in
Sodom where they met Lot at the Gateway who then got up to meet them then bowed
down with his face to the ground, saying please stay at my house for the night
to which they answered no, we will spend the night in the square.
7. Genesis 19:3 – 3 But Lot insisted so they
came to his house where he prepared a meal for the.
8. Genesis 19:4 – 5 Before bed time, all the
men from Sodom came and surrounded Lot’s house then called out to Lot to bring
them out that the men might have sex with the men (angels).
9. Genesis 19:6 – 8 Lot then went outside and
did a stupid thing offering his own daughters for them to have sex with but not
to do anything to the men (angels) as they were under Lot’s protection.
10. Genesis 19:9 – 11 The men of the city
taunted Lot as an outsider and that they would treat Lot worse, to which the
angels struck the men of the city with blindness.
11. Genesis 19:12 – 14 The angels then told
Lot to gather up his family and leave Sodom as the Lord had sent them to
destroy Sodom, to which Lot gathered his wife and daughters (and future
son’s-in’law) to leave, but the future sons-in-law thought he was joking.
12. Genesis 19:15 – 17 With dawn approaching,
the angels told Lot to hurry and leave so Lot took his wife and daughters and
did so for the Lord was merciful to them, one angel urging them to flee, don’t
look back, don’t stop; flee to the mountains or you will be swept away.
13. Genesis 19:18 – 22 Lot pleads with the
angel to not make him go to the mountains, but flee to the town of Zoar which
is granted.
14. Genesis 19: 23 – 26 By the time Lot
reached Zoar, the sun had risen and the Lord rained down burning sulfur upon
the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding plain of all living
vegetation, but Lot’s wife turned and looked back, and was changed into a
pillar of salt.
15. Genesis 19:27 – 28 The next morning Abraham
returned to where he had stood before the Lord to see the smoke rising from the
land as from a furnace.
16. Genesis 19:29 – 29 When God destroyed the
cities, he remembered Abraham and Lot and family. Count them as four righteous,
not ten.
17. Genesis 19:30 – 36 Lots and his daughters
settled in the mountains and lived in a cave, where the daughters schemed on
getting Dad drunk and having sex with him to keep the family line going, both
becoming pregnant.
18. Genesis 19:37 – 38 The older daughter had
a son named Moab who became the father of the Moabites, and the young daughter
had a son and she named him Ben-Ammi who became the father of the Ammonites.
Divisions
(Summarize
main groupings of thoughts. Goal of 2, 3 or 4 divisions. ID passages covered)
1. Genesis 18:1 –
33 The Lord visits Abraham who stands for the righteous.
Application:
How are you willing to stand for the righteous whom you know?
2. Genesis 19:1 - 22 Angels
visit Sodom, are hosted and protected by Lot, who then protect him.
Application:
How are you standing for the righteous?
3. Genesis 19:23 - 38
The Lord delivers judgment upon Sodom and Gomorrah.
Application:
How are you telling others about God love grace and judgment to come?
Subject
Sentence
(Summarizing
the Divisions into one sentence – ten words or less):
God honors the faithful and protects the
righteous.
Aim
(A
main teaching point for the overall study of the passages):
To cause the audience to see that God is just
and faithful to protect the righteous and judge the unrighteous.
