6. of covenants and concubines (genesis 15: 1 – 17: 27)

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Lesson #6

Of Covenants and

Concubines(15: 1 17: 27)


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1. When Abram leaves Haran for Canaan he is 75years old and Sarai is 65.

2. The two principle characters in our story areAbram & Sarai.

1. At the opening of Chapter 15, Abram is 85 and Sarai is75.

3. Ten years have passed, yet neitherproperty norprogeny have appeared.


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Abram increasingly doubts

God and his promise.


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Humm, perhaps . . .


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Photography by Ana Maria Vargas


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.Photography by Ana Maria Vargas


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Herman Melville. Moby Dick, illustrated by Barry Moser.

Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1981.


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Photography by Ana Maria Vargas


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From the Tombs of the Nobles, Sakkara, Egypt, Old Kingdom, c. 2400 B.C.

Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.


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From the Tombs of the Nobles, Sakkara, Egypt, Old Kingdom, c. 2400 B.C.

Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.


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1. When God makes his covenant with Abram in Genesis 12,Abram is 75 years old and Sarai is 65. Chapter 15 opens tenyears later. Since the covenant involves bothprogenyand

property, is it reasonable for Abram to doubt Gods promise?Would you?

2. When God reaffirms his covenant with Abram in chapter 15,Abram believes God, who credits that belief to him asrighteousness. Why would Abram believe God at this pointin the story?

3. Why would Sarai offer Hagar as a surrogate?

4. After Hagar becomes pregnant, why would Sarai then berateAbram?

5. Why would God choose circumcisionof all thingsas the

sign of his covenant with Abram?


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