Abram Summary And Analysis

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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.

About 500 years after the death of Abraham, his descendants through Isaac were living in Egypt as slaves. Genesis 37 to 50 tells the story of how this came about. The 10 oldest sons of Abraham's grandson Jacob disliked their younger brother Joseph so much that they found a way to sell him to traders who in turn sold him to an Egyptian officer as a slave. In his new land, Joseph went through a series of ups and downs and eventually became the prime minister of Egypt, the highest official under the king. God enabled Joseph to foresee an approaching time of famine, and used him to store up food and then distribute it during the famine. His political position made it possible for him to settle his father's family in Egypt's most fertile territory. Here they prospered for many years. However, the time came when the leaders of Egypt began to view the rapidly growing Israelite community as a threat. As a result, they made slaves of the Israelites, treating them with ever-increasing harshness. Finally, desperate because the descendants of Jacob continued to multiply, they issued an order that all their male babies be destroyed at birth. The first 12 chapters of Exodus tell the story of how the Lord responded to the cries of His people. He miraculously provided Moses to be their leader, sent 10 plagues on the Egyptians, helped the Israelites celebrate their first Passover, and led them out of the land of bondage. It appears that as they left for Canaan, they had no

When Jacob and Esau were born, they were extremely different despite being twins. Esau was robust and red headed while Jacob was meek and small. “When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb. The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau. After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob,” (Genesis 25:19-34). Jacob was a trickster. He covered himself with the hide of a lamb to mimic his brothers appearance and take his blessing as the first born. “So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it. Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes,

Genesis 32:22-32 reaffirms is a lesson in humility and grace through God’s patience and love for man. Jacob had always used trickery and lies to obtain blessings that belonged to others, especially his brother Esau. Jacob was indifferent to God as well and demanded to be blessed like a spoiled child. Despite all this, God patiently waited for Jacob to learn there was only way – His way.

(2) What was the original meaning of Jacob's name (25:26) What did his new name symbolize? (32:27-28)

. Here we also learn that Abram is 75 years old; this may appear to be too old of an age for God to start moving in someone's life, however, later we learn that Abram's total years number 175 (Gen. 25:7). This is also the first mention of Haran in this passage of text. Haran was located in Norther Mesopotamia, and was a "commercial crossroads at the intersection of several major international routes."13 It's location along major trade routes, also lead to well traveled routes that Abram would follow on his journey into the land of Canaan. One more not on Haran is to understand religious practices of the settlement at the time. Presently, Haran was "...the center of the worship of Sin, the Mesopotamian moon god."14 This fact will come into play

Three years into his reign, God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem (v. 22-23). They dealt treacherously with him so that the blood of Gideon’s sons might be avenged (v. 24). They set a trap for Abimelech in the top of the mountains so that they could rob him and kill him, but Abimelech found out

The story told in Genesis 32:22–32 is an important turning point in the life of Jacob, coming right before he faces his brother, Esau, for the first time in many years. He experiences what it is like to wrestle with God and fully surrender his life to Him. He goes through this change, not only in name but also in character. The purpose of this account then, is to document Jacob’s unique encounter with the Lord and what comes from it.

Abram begs YWHW on the cities’ behalf, asking him not to destroy the cities if a handful of good men could be found there. Even after this compromise was made, YWHW still could not find enough good men to preserve the cities. Angels of YWHW enter Sodom in the form of three men, whom Lot welcomes into his home. That night, men from the city come to attack the men. The angels convince Lot and his family to flee the city, telling them not to look back. Despite this, Lot’s wife looks back and is turned to a pillar of stone. Lot now lived with his two daughters in a cave, too afraid to stay in the city of Zoar. The two daughters, convinced of a need for offspring, each intoxicate Lot and sleep with him. They soon bear him two sons. Sarah meanwhile gives birth to a son named Isaac. Soon afterwards Sarai convinces Abraham to cast out Hagar and Ishmael, but YWHW tells Abraham not to worry about casting out his son because “I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring”. In the final act of the story, YWHW tests Abraham, asking him to sacrifice Isaac. Abraham agrees, going as far as to raise the knife to kill Isaac before YWHW stops him, impressed with his devotion. An angel of YWHW calls down to Abraham, blessing him again because he has obeyed

The first part of the story, Jacob sends his family away with everything that he had, leaving him alone. Jacob then wrestles with a man and when the man realized he was not going to win, he struck Jacob’s hip socket. Jacob demanded to be blessed by this man, who changed Jacob’s name to Israel. Jacob then named the place Peniel and stated, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved.” The passage concludes with a statement about the Israelites and how they do not eat the thigh muscle on the hip socket because of this incident.

Another brother story in the Bible is that of Esau and Jacob. The prophecy of these brothers was that the younger would rule the elder. Esau was a hairy man that was skillful in the hunter – gatherer ways and Jacob was somewhat of a “mamas boy”. One day while their father Isaac was dying he told Esau that he would bless him. Jacob then deceitfully went into the place of his father and was blessed as if he was Esau. When Esau returned he was very upset and was going to kill his brother. Jacob fled and was out of touch with his brother for a long time. Then Jacob sent word to meet his brother again and heard that Esau followed by 400 men were coming to him. Afraid and distressed about what Esau might do, Jacob had a dream in which he wrestled with God and was there blessed. With the new name of Israel he met his brother Esau and gave him many gifts. Esau came to his bother in open arms not needing any gifts because the only gift he wanted was to see his brother. Again united Esau and Israel showed that being brothers was more important than any childhood feud.

God promised Abram and Sarai they would have children that were of his “own flesh and blood,” and that he would receive the land of Canaan. God helped Abram to imagine this by telling Abram to “look at the sky and count the stars,” expressing that was how many descendants Abram

Arad was a Canaanite King who attacked the children of Israel, when he heard that they were coming by the way of Atharim towards his land, when they journey from Egypt, he fought against Israel, and took some of them as prisoners. After these Canaanite king had some of God’s people captive, that Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, if thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. The Lord hearkened to the voice of the Israel, and gave over King Arad and his Canaanite kingdom into the hand of Israel that they utterly destroyed them and their cities (Numbers 21:1-3).

Our exegesis begins in verse 21, which sets the backdrop by demanding a further look into the context leading up to the story. The verse says that Jacob sent gifts ahead of him, but who were the gifts for and why did he stay behind? Jacob is cleverly planning - this scheming characteristic constant throughout his entire narrative - in order to meet Esau with hopes of a reconciliation that assuages his estranged brother’s threat of revenge. Jacob sends multiple convoys of over 550 animals to strategically bribe and shield his family through distracting Esau, stalling for time, and encumbering him with too many possessions to attack. The rest of the story is set around this conflict through the way God shows that He is more sovereign than Jacob’s planning once Jacob finally concedes control.