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The Death of Sarah (Genesis 23)

Abraham Study Guide (Week 14) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as property for a burying place by the Hittites. (Genesis 23:20) For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. (Hebrews 11:10) …

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A Brief Case for Theology (Introduction to Genesis 1-11)

Before beginning our study through the first part of Genesis, I will give reason and explanation for the subtitle. Hopefully, seeing the first book of the Bible as an introduction to the Bible should not require much clarification; however, viewing it as an introduction to theology just might be another story. The first eleven chapters, …

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Abraham Sacrifices Isaac (Genesis 22)

Abraham Study Guide (Week 13) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together. (Genesis 22:8) He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that …

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Abraham’s Two Sons (Genesis 21)

Abraham Study Guide (Week 12) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. (Genesis 21:1) Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and …

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Abraham and Abimelech (Genesis 20)

Abraham Study Guide (Week 11) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of you heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her. (Genesis 20:6) Then …

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God Rescues Lot (Genesis 19)

Abraham Study Guide (Week 10) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. (Genesis 19:16) So it was that, when God destroyed …

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In the Beginning, God (Genesis 1:1)

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 ESV For a sentence containing only ten words, the first verse of the Bible contains possibly the deepest and richest meaning of any statement in human language. There is simply no more profound a way of beginning the written Word of God. It …

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Abraham Intercedes for Sodom (Genesis 18:16-33)

Abraham Study Guide (Week 9) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him. (Genesis 18:20) Far …

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Abraham Eats With God (Genesis 18:1-15)

Abraham Study Guide (Week 8) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. (Genesis 18:1) Is there anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to …

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Abraham and Circumcision (Genesis 17)

Abraham Study Guide (Week 7) SUGGESTED VERSES FOR MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. (Genesis 17:5) And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout …

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