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03 THE PATRIARCHS
THE PATRIARCHS (GENESIS __12_ - __50_)
-_____creation___
-_____fall____
-______Flood______
-____Nations______
-Age: __2100__ - ___1800__ BC: the beginning of the Hebrew race
ABRAHAM (GENESIS 12-25)
-Genesis 12:1-3 Abrahamic Covenant: 3 Components
o____Land___: great nation
o____Many descendants___: great name/descendants
o____Blessing____: through Abraham’s family, all nations will be blessed blessing
-Abram lies to _Pharaoh_ (Genesis 12)
-Abram rescues _Lot___ (Genesis 14)
-Abram pays tithes to ___Melchizedek____, King of Salem and priest of God
-Genesis 15:5-6 Abram’s faith is counted to him as _righteousness_.
oGod repeats the ___covenant__
oAbram’s descendants will come through a ___biological___ heir, despite Abram’s
old age
-God’s character
oFreely ___covenants____ himself to Abraham
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oMakes covenant that he __binds____ himself to
oPromises Abraham descendants, the land (“__promise_ __land__”), blessing
-Genesis 16 Hagar and Ishmael
oSarah gives __Hagar___ to Abraham
oHagar has a son named ___Ishmael____
oGod promises to protect and bless them even after Sarah throws them out
-Genesis 17 Sign of the covenant: ___circumcision____ (Gen 17)
-God renames Abram (“exalted father”) to ____Abraham___ (“father of many nations”
-Interlude: Lot
oLot’s compromise: moves to ___Sodom__
oLot’s failure (Genesis 18-20)
ISAAC
-Name means ___Laughter___
oAbraham is _100__ years old. Sarah is _90___ years old
-Genesis 22: the Test
oAn ___opportunity_____ to trust God (not a trap)
oGod commands Abraham to sacrifice ___Isaac___
oAbraham displays great __faith___ in God
-Isaac marries ___Rebekah___
-Genesis 25:23 “The ___older____ shall serve the __younger__”
-They have twins
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o___Esau__ (“red”) a hunter
o___Jacob__ (“deceiver”) a cook
o____Isaac___favors Esau; _Rebekah___favors Jacob
JACOB (GENESIS 26-35)
-Genesis 27-28 Jacob steals Esau’s __birthright____
oEsau sells it to Jacob for _beans___
-Jacob steals __double____ ____portion___ by deceiving __Isaac___
oHe dresses up in skins
-Genesis 28 Jacob has a dream with a ___ladder___ to heaven
oHe names his location Bethel
-God confirms the ______Abrahamic______ ___Covenant__ to Jacob
-The deceiver is deceived by ___Laban___
-Jacob marries ____Leah____ and ___Rachel_____
-Jacob has __12__ sons
-Genesis 32 Jacob wrestles __God____
-He reunites with ___Esau___
-Jacob returns to ___Bethel____ where God renames him __Israel____
JOSEPH (GENESIS 37-50)
-Israel’s (Jacob) ____facorite____. He gives Joseph a coat of many ____colorsf____.
-Brothers sell him into slavery
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-Genesis 38 Judah interlude with his daughter-in-law __________.
-Joseph ends up in __Egypt___ and works in ____Potiphar____’s house
-__Potiphar’s____ ___wife____ tries to seduce Joseph but he refuses because it would
be a sin against ____God____.
-Joseph is in prison but __God____ is still (always) with him
-There, he interprets the butler and baker’s ____dreams____.
-Joseph interprets ___Pharaoh’s___ dream: 7 years of __prosperity_____ followed by 7
years of __famine_____.
-Israel sends his sons (minus ___Benjamin___) to Egypt.
-On the second visit ____Judah____ steps up to protect Benjamin
oJoseph sits them in __his___ __house_____
-Joseph reveals himself to his brothers
-He moves them to __________
JACOB’S BLESSING
-Birthright goes to ____Judah____
-The __kingly___ line will come from Judah
-After Jacob’s death, Joseph continues to show mercy
-Genesis 50:20 “As you for you, you meant ___evil___ against me, but God meant it for
___good___”
THE PATRIARCHS AND JESUS
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-Jesus as the ultimate descendent of ___Abraham_______
oThrough him all nations are blessed
-Jesus as the Lion of ___Judah___
