Abrahamic Covenant Chart

13. How are the covenant accounts in Genesis 13:14-17, 15: 17-21, and 17:1-21 alike, and how do they differ? In all three chapters, talk about God talk about Abram or Abraham seeds and establish a covenant between God in Abraham. The implement that he will be the father of many nations. However, the difference is when God changes Abraham name.

God promised Abram three promises which the narrator repeated several times. It is important to know to understand the rest of the bible. The first promise was that Arbam would have a great nation. The second promise to Abram was that the lad he was standing on would be for him and his people and family. The final promise was that God would bless the whole earth through one of his descendants. God created a covenant with Abram and renamed him Abraham. This was a patron covenant. It is a covenant that solely depends on God and does not rely on others.

14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. ...' "(Genesis 15:12-14)

God’s covenant with Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham, was to be the father of many nations. The covenant includes promises concerning a land covenant, a seed covenant, and a blessing covenant. The foundation will flow out of the “Seed Covenant” to his descendants Isaac and Jacob, through whom the twelve tribes of Israel were born.

Busenitz’ article offers an in depth understanding of covenants and how they play a prominent role in the Old Testament life including social, political, and religious settings. The author brings to light the definition of the term covenant and provides specific examples of how the term is used within the 39 books of the Old Testament. Busenitz’ establishes the Old Testament usage of the term, covenant, including how it is phrased,

“Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all my

. Majority of the descendants of Eve and Adam become really sin full causing God to choose (6:5-6:8)

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 show thee:

In the passage of Genesis 13:14-17, God promises Abram all the land he can see from all directions, moreover, He promises the land will be the land of all his descendants (Tullock & McEntire, 2012). He makes the same promise to Abram in the passage of Genesis 15:17-21, in this passage God names the cities that will be encompassed as part of the land is he giving to Abram. In the passage of Genesis 17:1-21, God changes Abram’s name to Abraham as well as his wife’s name from Sarai to Sarah. Additionally, God again promises Abraham descendants as well as land. There had not been a child born from Abraham and Sarah to this point, he was one hundred years old and she was ninety.

Genesis 17:1- Reveals to Abraham that God is all-powerful and fulfills His promises when everything seems impossible if he will abide and walk in His will.

5 No longer shall your name be called Abram,[a] but your name shall be Abraham,[b] for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you.”  This is the same promise that is reiterated to Isaac later on, and then his son Jacob (or shall we say Israel) • But the key thing for us to focus on in this promise is that they would be a father of many nations - Now here is a lesson for how to interpret the OT o We cant just take any text and make it mean what we want it to mean o There has been much harm done by people and pastors who do that  But a rule for interpreting the Bible is that the OT is the new testament contained, and the NT is the OT explained (MAKE SURE PEOPLE GET IT) • So what how does the NT interpret this text?

many times in different texts. Some scholars my say that the word covenants is hard to find a true meaning. You will hear the word covenant throughout the Old Testament. I think sometimes when we hear the word covenant only one or two covenants come to mind. There are many covenants throughout the Bible. I will attempt to define and explain five covenants. These five covenants are: Noahic Covenant, Abrahamic Covenant, Mosaic Covenant, Davidic Covenant and the Fifth Covenant or the (New Covenant). In these particular covenants we will find the promises God made with his people. In this paper I will attempted to answer questions which of these

The contextual range of meaning of האמנה, or covenant, will explore the usage of covenant in the text of topic, Exodus 19:1-8, followed by its usage in the book of Exodus as a whole. Covenant is used only once in the focal passage but carries great significance. (Strong’s “covenant”:

17:7). In what resembles a covenant renewal, made in the land of Moab, Moses addresses the leaders of Israel, along with the men of Israel, wives and children, as ready to enter a sworn covenant which Yahweh their God is now making with them, that He may establish you this day as His people, and that He may be your God (Dt. 29:

The promises that God made to Abraham were in each of these scriptures (Genesis 13:14-17, 15:17-21 and 17:1-21), although, they may have been stressed in a different manner (Tullock & McEntire, 2012). God had promised Abraham land, many children, protection and that all nations would be blessed if Abraham followed his instructions of moving out of his homeland.