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~ Class Notes
Chapter Two~ Family Matters Beginning
Please turn in your Bibles to ________________________, where we will meet today’s character.
One important detail about _________________ can be found in verse ______. Our girl ______________ is __________________. And she is ______________ to a guy named _________________.
NOTE: The name ___________ means _____________________.
If we were to go back and read ___________________, we would read about the construction of the ________________________, located in the southern region of Babylonia, not far from the city of ____________.
Genesis 11:4 says, “And they said, ‘Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name; lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.’”
NOTE: “Babel” is linked to a Hebrew word meaning ___________________.
Back to our story – Abram’s father (Genesis 11:31) took his family away from _______. They likely traveled approximately _______ miles NW, along an ancient trade route that paralleled the Euphrates River, to the town of ____________.
Let’s read Genesis 12:1-3. God promised Abram:
1. _______________________________________
2. _______________________________________
3. _______________________________________
4. _______________________________________
5. _______________________________________
Read Genesis 12:4-5.
To continue with our story, circumstances forced Abram to move on again. There was an extreme famine in the land, so Genesis 12:10 tells us that they picked up and moved toward a more fertile land: _________________.
Let’s read Genesis 12:11-13.
Read Genesis 12:14-16.
The Hebrew word for ________________ refers to her ______________________.
It was customary in those days to pay a __________________ to the closest living _______________________ who was ___________________________________.
Sarai considered herself an _____________________ of this story. But she wasn’t.
Read Genesis 12:17-20.
In those days, ____________________ was the basis for wealth. God protected ______________ and ______________ in this story. Do you see it?
NOTE: Genesis 13:2 tells us, “Now Abram was very _________ in ______________________, in _______________ and in ______________.”
Over the course of the next several chapters, Abram had many adventures and chats with God. God repeatedly reassured Abram of His promises to him. Each time, God expanded the Promise to include a little more detail and insight.
Now fast-forward to Genesis 20.
We pick up our story in Genesis 20:1-2.
Read Genesis 20:3-7. Notes on this:
If we read Genesis 20:12-13, we learn something new about Sarah and Abraham’s relationship.
“This is my ________________. He is also my ____________________.”
God ________________ her. He __________________ her… He ______________ her… He __________________ her. He brought her ________________________.
Jeremiah 29:11 says: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans for hope and a future.”
His plans… ___________________________!
Broken, Not Bound Bible Study by Tiffany Grayson (v.2019)
~ Homework
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