1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. While Isaac’s sons are growing up, a famine descends on the land. Isaac seeks a place to continue to graze his flocks, ending up in…
1 Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. After the death of…
1 Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. With the death of Sarah still looming over his household, Abraham thinks it might be time to find Isaac a bride. However he has grown old, he can no longer travel as much as he used to.…
1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell…
1 The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. I find it interesting that the text says that God visited Sarah. The word “visited” differs from the more commonly used word “appeared.” Often times in Scripture when God appears someone, He usually says something, and…