I. Vss. 1-3: God’s Previous Covenant With Abram:
Acts 7:2-4: And Stephen said: “Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’ Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living.
Isaiah 51:2: Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, that I might bless him and multiply him.
Galatians 3:7: Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.
Genesis 11 is about the plans of man. Genesis 12 is all about the plans of God.
The curse from the nations or the people is ‘ârar (aw-rar’)-meaning “to distain, to insult, to injure”
The curse He brings is qâlal (kaw-lal’)-Meaning “to make despicable, to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour, to shake.”
He will punish and judge
Galatians 3:8-9: And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Revelation 5:9: And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
II. Vss. 4-6: Abram Leaves Haran and Arrives is Canaan:
The name Shechem means shoulder.
III. Vss. 7-9: God Appears to Abram:
Ephesians 5:2: And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Romans 12:1: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Hebrews 13:15: Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
1 Peter 2:11: Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
Bethel means “House of God” and AI means “The heap of Ruins.”
Luke 16:10: “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
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