This list of facts about Abraham was done by one of my Bible class girls (age 11-12), when we studied Hebrews, chapter 11.
My assignment was for them to choose a person of faith and make an oral report on that person. These were the notes she used to do her report.
At the end of the oral report, each class member had to tell why/how the person they chose was faithful.
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LIFE OF ABRAHAM
• Born in Ur of the Chaldees, near the river Euphrates, the son of Terah
• Married Sarai—afterwards Sarah (Gen. 11:27-28).
• Called by God to leave his native land, not knowing at first where he was to go (Gen. 12:1; Heb. 11:8)
• To be the father of a great nation and the ancestor of the Messiah (Gen. 12:2-3).
• Left Haran at the age of seventy-five, taking his nephew, Lot, with him (Gen. 12:5).
• Came to Sichem (Shechem) in the land of Canaan. There he built an altar (Gen. 12:6-7).
• Pitched his tent near Bethel, and built an altar to the Lord (Gen. 12:8).
• A famine in the land drove him to Egypt (Gen. 12:10-13).
• Sarai taken into Pharaoh’s house, supposed to be the sister of Abraham. Plagues sent upon Pharaoh (Gen. 12:14-17).
• Abraham reproved by Pharaoh and sent out of the country (Gen. 12:18-20).
• Left Egypt a rich man and came to Bethel. Lot also rich in cattle (Gen. 13:1-5).
• Lot given his choice selected the Jordan valley (Gen. 13:6-13).
• The Lord gives to Abraham and his seed the whole land. He came to Hebron and built an altar to the Lord (Gen. 13:14-18).
• The battle of Kings, Lot taken prisoner. Abraham and 300 of his servants defeat 3 kings, rescue Lot, and restore him and his property to Sodom (Gen. 14).
• Meets Melchizedek, King of Salem, and is blessed by him (Gen. 14:17-20; vs. 18; Psa. 110:4; Psa. 89:34-36; Heb. 5:6; Heb. 6:13-15, 20; Heb. 7:1-3, 11, 17, 28).
• The Lord renews his promise to Abraham, and foretells the sojourn of his seed in Egypt (Gen. 15).
• The birth of Ishmael, the son of Hagar, the maid of Sarai (Gen. 16).
• The covenant made with Abraham, and the seal of that covenant. Abraham 90 years old. His name changed from Abram to Abraham (Gen. 17:1-15).
• Isaac promised—the heir to the covenant promises (Gen. 17:15-22).
• The visit of the three messengers of God who assure Abraham and Sarah of a son in their old age (Gen. 18:1-16).
• Abraham’s prayer for Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 18:23-33).
• Destruction of the cities lf the plain, Lot’s escape to Zoar (Gen. 19:15-30).
• Abraham in Gerar. Sarah represented to Ahimelech as Abraham’s sister (Gen. 20).
• Birth of Isaac. Abraham 100 years old (Heb. 11:11; Gen. 21:1-8).
• Hagar and Ishmael cast out (Gen. 21:9-21).
• Abraham’s covenant with Ahimelech (Gen. 21:22-34).
• Trial of Abraham’s faith in obeying God’s command that he offer Isaac as a sacrifice. Isaac his only son and heir to the promises (Heb. 11:17-19; Gen. 22:1-14)
• God renews His covenant with Abraham, and he returned to Beersheba (Gen. 22:15-19).
• Death of Sarah. Abraham purchases Machpelah and there buried Sarah (Gen. 23:1-20).
• Abraham sends his servant to Mesopotamia to secure a wife for Isaac. He secured Rebekah, sister of Laban (Gen. 24).
• Abraham married Keturah who bore him six children (Gen. 25:1-6).
• Abraham dies at the age of 175, and is buried by Isaac and Ishmael beside Sarah in the cave of Machpelah (Gen. 25:7-10).
–Beth Johnson
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