The Strand Study Bible

GENESIS 11:27

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GENESIS 12:3

The birth of Abram (Note - This event took place when

1. See Chart #3 - From Shem To Abraham (in the back of Genesis) for the “ generations of Terah ” 2. Gen 15:7 & Isa 51:2 & Acts 7:1-3 3. Quoted in the NT - Acts 7:3 (See - Heb 11:8- 9) 4. Fulfilled - Exo 1:7 (A Great Nation) 5. Gen 28:4 & Gal 3:14 6. Gen 27:29 & Num 24:9 7. Quoted in the NT - Acts 3:25 & Gal 3:8 8. Gen 18:18 & 22:18 & 26:4 & 28:14 & Acts 3:25 & Gal 3:28 9. Fulfilled - Mt 27:50-28:6 & Mk 15:37-16:6 & Lk 23:46-24:6 & Jn 19:30-20:9 (Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection) (See - Gen 18:18 & 22:17-18 & 26:4,24 & 28:14 & Gal 3:6-8)

Terah was 130 years old) Date - 1992 BC/AM 2008

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27 Now these are the 1 generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. Abram weds his half sister, Sarai 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. Historical Note - Egyptian history continued c. 1950 BC with the Middle Kingdom Period in which Sesostris I (c. 1950-1878 BC) ascended Egypt’s throne. He built a great canal from the Nile River to the Red Sea, repelled Nubian invaders, and erected great temples at Heliopolis, Abydas, and Karnak. Sesostris I became Egypt’s second Middle Kingdom pharaoh around twenty-five years be- fore Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees to go to Canaan. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. The death of Terah (205 years) ( 1917 BC ) 32 And the days of Terah were two hun- dred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. . Abram (c. 67 years old) moves to Haran Date - c. 1925 BC/AM 2075

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Abram journeys from Ur to Haran - Map #7 Genesis 12

The Abrahamic Covenant Date - c. 1925 BC/AM 2075

1 Now the LORD 2 had said unto Abram, 3 Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: The promise of Abram’s seed to become a great nation (Fulfilled - Exo 1:7 - c. 1625 BC) 2 4 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; 5 and thou shalt be a blessing: P The promise of CHRIST’S death, burial, and resurrection (Fulfilled - Mt 27:50-28:6 - AD 32) 3 6 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and 7 in 8 thee shall all families of the earth be 9 BLESSED . P

11:27 Lot’s name means “veiled.” Lot is referred to 5 times in the NT (Lk 17:28-29,32 and II Pet 2:7-8). 11:29 Sarai’s name means “princess.” She is referred to 8 times in the NT (Rom 4:19 & 9:9, Gal 4:22-23,30-31, Heb 11:11 and I Pet

3:6). Sarai was born in 1982 BC, and had the same father as Abraham (Gen 20:12). 11:31 a This term “ they ” included Nahor and his family as indicated in Gen 24:10,15. 11:31 b Ur of the Chaldees, where Abram was born, was a center of moon worship (Deut 17:2-5). 11:32 The “death of Terah” took place in the 525th year of Shem.

Genesis 12 Subject Head God called out Abraham and made a covenant with him, known as The Abrahamic Covenant . God repeated that covenant to Isaac (Gen 26:1-4) and Jacob (Gen 28:10-14). He repeated it to no one else. These three, therefore, are the Covenant fathers (Deut 4:31 and Acts 7:32). There are three essential features of The Abrahamic Covenant : (1) The promise of a national land (vs 1); (2) The promise of Abram’s seed to become a great nation (vs 2); and (3) The promise of a nation ( and in thee ) to bring forth salvation ( shall all families of the earth be BLESSED – vs 3) through Abram’s SEED ( CHRIST ). NOTE - The Bible states that there are two kinds of covenants (promises) into which God entered with the nation of Israel: (1) conditional ; and (2) unconditional . Except for the Mosaic Covenant (Exo 19:5), which was conditional (temporal), all the rest of Israel’s covenants are unconditional (eternal): The Abrahamic Covenant (Gen 12:1-3 & 17:7,13,19, I Chro 16:16-18 and Psa 105:10), The Palestinian Covenant (Deut 30:1-10 and Ezk 16:60), The Davidic Covenant (II Sam 7:12-16 & 23:5, Psa 89:3,4,34-36, Isa 55:3 and Ezk 37:25), and The New Covenant (Jere 31:31-37 & 32:37-41, Isa 61:8-9, Ezk 37:21-28, Mt 26:28, II Cor 3:6 and Heb 8:6-9:15 & 13:20). These covenants are called “eternal” because they depend solely upon the integrity of God for their fulfillment.