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(In your own words, summarize passages into sentences. Goal of 12 – 15 sentences)
(In your own words, summarize passages into sentences. Goal of 12 – 15 sentences)
Genesis 22
1. Genesis 22:1 – 3 God commands Abraham
to take Isaac to a mountain that he will show Abraham to sacrifice Isaac as a
burnt offering, and so leaving early the next morning Abraham took Isaac and
two of his servants, along with bringing cut wood, travelled to the place God showed
him.
2. Genesis 22:4 - 5 Leaving early the
next morning Abraham took Isaac and two of his servants, along with bringing
cut wood, travelled On the third day he saw the place God told him of, and,
leaving his two servants went with Isaac to go, worship and then both return.
3. Genesis 22:6 – 8 Abraham and Isaac
carry the wood, knife and fire and Isaac asked where is the lamb for the burnt
offering, to which Abraham said “God himself will provide the lamb for the
burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
4. Genesis 22:9 – 12 Abraham builds the
alter, arranges the wood, binds Isaac, lays him on the alter, takes out the
knife to slay Isaac when an angel of the Lord calls out to stop and reveals
that it was a test to see if Abraham fears God because he had not withheld from
God, his son, his only son.
5. Genesis 22:13 – 14 Abraham looked up
and saw a ram caught in a bush by his horn and went and sacrificed it as a
burnt offering in place of his son, and Abraham called the place “The Lord Will
Provide.”
6. Genesis 22: 15 – 19 The angel of the
Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time and said, “I swear by myself,
declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your
son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as
numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your
descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, and through
your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
Then Abraham returned home.
7. Genesis 22:20 – 24 Later Abraham was
told of the lineage of “Milkah is also a
mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor: Uz the firstborn, Buz his
brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and
Bethuel.” Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to
Abraham’s brother Nahor. His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons:
Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.
Genesis
23
8. Genesis 23:1 - 2 Sarah lived to be a
hundred and twenty-seven years old and she died at Kiriath Arba (Hebron) in the
land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
9. Genesis 23:3 – 9 Abraham asked the Hittites
if he may buy some land to bury his dead to which they replied that they
honored Abraham as a prince and that he may bury his dead in the choicest of
their tombs, so Abraham then bowed down to the Hittites beseeching them to intercede
with Ephron to sell at full price the cave of Machpelah as a tomb among them.
10. Genesis 23: 10 – 18 Ephron replied that he
would give Abraham the field and the cave that is in it as a pledge before his
people, to which Abraham replied, please let me pay your asking price of 400
shekels of silver and the land, cave and trees within the boarder are deeded to
Abraham.
11. Genesis 23: 19 – 20 Abraham buries Sarah
in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron.
Divisions
(Summarize
main groupings of thoughts. Goal of 2, 3 or 4 divisions. ID passages covered)
1. Genesis 22:1 – 3
God’s command to sacrifice Isaac and Abraham’s response.
Application:
How far are you willing to follow God in response to His command(s)?
2. Genesis 22:4 - 24 Abraham’s
offering of Isaac and God’s response and confirmation of His promise.
Application:
How may God be testing your faith in order to fulfill a promise in your life?
3. Genesis 23: 1 - 20 Abraham
mourns Sarah’s death and buys land and cave to bury her
Application:
How is your witness concerning earthly affairs seen by non-Christians?
Subject
Sentence
(Summarizing
the Divisions into one sentence – ten words or less):
Abraham’s faith is tested through sacrifice
and he buries Sarah.
Aim
(A
main teaching point for the overall study of the passages):
To cause the audience to see that God’s tests
may not be to test our faith, but rather reveal our faith in Him.
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