God’s promises for Israel - worksheet 3.3

God’s early covenants with Israel: second

Fourteen years later Abrams (when he was 99) God’s promise was filfilled by having offspring, the second covenant. God said “You will be a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:1-6 reports ¹When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. ²Then I will make my

between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers”. ³Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, ⁴“As for me, this is my

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with you: You will be the

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of many nations. ⁵No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be

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, for I have made you a father of many nations. ⁶I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and

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will come from you.

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Q18 We read here about the second of God’s early covenants with Israel. In verse 6 God promises many nations and kings will come of you. Look into the geneologies in Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-37. List in the blue box below which kings you notice.

Q19 Who were the descendents of Ishmael? Read Genesis 25:12-18. And read this article which may give an idea about where they went, an who they are now.

Q20 Genesis 16:1-4 says ¹Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; ²so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said. ³So after Abram had been living in Canaan ten years, Sarai his wife took her Egyptian slave Hagar and gave her to her husband to be his wife. ⁴He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. Did Abram consult God or someone else prior to sleeping with the slave? Hence, was Abram’s first born son a legitimate son? What was his name that son has become the father of a large group of people. How are they called?