Tag: Abram
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He Keeps Walking with Us – Genesis 15:7-8
Genesis 15:7, 8And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? I like the honesty of Abram here. The Lord reminds him who He…
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More Than Abram Could See – Genesis 15:5
Genesis 15:5And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. I love what the Lord does here. Abram is inside, talking about Eliezer, talking about what he does not have, talking…
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A Father So Patient – Genesis 15:4
Genesis 15:4And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. I love the patience of God here. The Lord had said to Abram, “I am thy reward.” Abram answered, “But what wilt…
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What Wilt Thou Give Me – Genesis 15:2-3
Genesis 15:2-3And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. I appreciate Abram’s honesty here. The Lord had…
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Your Shield and Your Reward – Genesis 15:1
Genesis 15:1After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. After what things? After the battle.After Lot’s rescue.After Abram stood in the valley between two kings.After he received bread and wine from Melchizedek.After he refused the offer…
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The Countermove After Victory – Genesis 14:17
Genesis 14:17And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale. Abram is coming back from a great victory. The battle is over. Lot has been rescued. The goods…
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War Among Kings – Genesis 14:1-2
Genesis 14:1, 2 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the…
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Fatness in Communion – Genesis 13:18
Genesis 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. Abram keeps moving in the right direction. Lot set his eyes toward Sodom. Abram moved toward Mamre and Hebron. Lot chose what looked rich. Abram chose what…
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What Abram Gave Up Was Never Really Lost – Genesis 13:14-17
Genesis 13:14-17 And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And…
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Eyes Too Low – Genesis 13:10
Genesis 13:10 And Lot… … lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. There is a sharp contrast here between Abram…
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The Dignity of Letting Go – Genesis 13:9
Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. There is such dignity in Abram here. He does not…
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No Strife, I Pray Thee – Genesis 13:7-8
Genesis 13:7-8 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot… … Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen……
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Too Much to Stay Together – Genesis 13:5-6
Genesis 13:5-6 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. Abram and Lot had both increased greatly. Their flocks had multiplied, their herds had…
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Back to Where It Was Real – Genesis 13:1-4
Genesis 13:1-4 And Abram went up out of Egypt… … he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his…
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Protected in a Foolish Season – Genesis 12:17-20
Genesis 12:17-20 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have…
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The Cost of Compromise – Genesis 12:14-16
Genesis 12:14-16 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had…
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Half Truth, Whole Lie – Genesis 12:13
Genesis 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. Abram was not inventing something out of thin air here. Sarai really was his half sister. But that is exactly what makes this so searching. A half…
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Faltering Where We Feel Strong – Genesis 12:11-12
Genesis 12:11-12 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his…
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Going Down – Genesis 12:10
Genesis 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. No sooner had Abram come into the land than trouble showed up. A famine hit. The place of promise suddenly became the place of pressure. And Abram, instead…
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Altars and Tents – Genesis 12:7-8
Genesis 12:7, 8 … and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent… … having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and…
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Grace for the Delayed – Genesis 12:4
Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. There is a lot of comfort in that one sentence. Abram departed. At last, he moved. At last, he obeyed. At last, after all…
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Called Out of Ur – Genesis 12:1
Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee. There is something very moving about the way this begins. The Lord had already spoken to Abram. This call did not first come…
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Delayed on the Way – Genesis 11:31-32
Genesis 11:31-32 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; … and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. And…
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Ties That Set the Stage – Genesis 11:27-30
Genesis 11:27-30 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of…
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The Line Was Still Alive – Genesis 11:10-26
Genesis 11:10-26 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four…