Daily Bread Bible Study
The First Book of Moses Called Genesis
Chapter 11:26 - 12:8
Abraham Bible Facts
Abraham Bible Quotes
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The First Book of Moses Called Genesis
Chapter 11:26 - 12:8
Abraham Bible Facts and Abraham Bible Quotes Study
So, you're back to find out what happened after God mixed up
everyone's language and scattered the people after the Tower of Babel
incident huh? Good ... I missed ya. Let's go see what occurred next.
The descendants of Shem are spreading out through Persia, Arabia, and
Syria. At the same time, the descendants of Ham are spreading out in
Canaan, Egypt and Africa. And the descendants of Japheth are
spreading northward through what is now Turkey. So each of Noah's
sons took their families and went different ways. Did you know that
your family tree traces back to one of these three sons? If your
family is from anywhere in Europe, you are from Japheth and if your
family is from the Middle East, you are from Shem and if they are
from Africa and Egypt area ... You are from Ham. Pretty cool huh?
Now in the ninth generation of Shem's descendants, a man named Abram
was born. His family was from a land called Ur of the Chaldees which
is about 150 miles southeast of Babylon which is now called Iraq.
Abram's wife was Sarai and she was barren and had never had a child.
Abram also had a brother who died and was survived by a son, Abram's
nephew, named Lot. Abram's dad took Abram, Sarai, and Lot and
intended to move to Canaan, but when they came to Haran, which is a
couple hundred miles north of Canaan, they settled there.
Abram was just an ordinary person. He wasn't famous for anything that
we know of up to this point in his life. But one day when Abram was
75 years old, the Lord came to him and told him to leave his father's
house and go to a special land that He would show him.
Put yourself in Abram's sandals for a moment. We're not talking about
scheduling the movers to come and pack while you fill out the address
change form at the post office, then hop on a plane with the family
and meet the movers at your new home. We're talking about gathering
up the tent, the flocks, the herds, the camels, food, clothing,
furniture, and any other possessions you may own and hiking it
hundreds of miles across unfamiliar territory. By the way, there are
no restaurants, rest areas with vending machines or other amenities
on the way, and you don't even know where the destination is. All you
know is this invisible God said, "Go unto a land that I will show
thee."
Well, God added a couple of huge blessings along with the deal. He
said that He would make a great nation out of Abram which meant that
he was saying that Abram would have children despite his wife being
barren and He would make his name great and that he would be a
blessing. And for the icing on the cake, God said, And I will bless
them that bless you, and curse him that curses you, and in you all
the families of the earth will be blessed.
This is great news for a 75 year old man who has no children! See, in
those times, having many children was very important to people who
were godly, because it was God's commandment to "be fruitful and
multiply, and replenish the earth." Not to mention having someone to
carry on your bloodline. At either rate it was a request from God
which took loads of faith to take you and your family across the
wilderness into the unknown. But Abram did, and God honored him for
his faith.
Before we go on through the adventures of Abram, let's see if you've
been putting this all together. God created mankind and chooses
certain individuals for special callings. He calls them His peculiar
treasure. He chose Adam, Enoch, Noah and Abraham so far and chooses
many more throughout history. Be sure to come back for more Daily
Bread to find out what happens along Abram's journey into the
wilderness of faith.
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