Abram Called By God - NKJ

Abram was Called by God to Move to a New Place That Would Be Given to His Descendants.

1. God's Call to Abram Caused Him to Leave His Home and Many of His Relatives.

Genesis 12:1-3 Now the LORD had said to Abram: Get out of your ____________, From your family And from your ____________ house, To a land that I will show you. [2] I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a ______________. [3] I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the ______________ of the earth shall be ____________.

Genesis 12:4-5 So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. [5] Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his ______________ son, and all their ___________________ that they had ______________, and the people whom they had ______________ in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:6-7 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the ________________ tree of Moreh. And the __________________ were then in the land. [7] Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, To your ___________________ I will give this land. And there he built an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

2. Abram and Lot Both Had Very Large Flocks and Their Herdsmen Quarreled.

Genesis 13:5-7 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks and herds and tents. [6] Now the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their ___________________ were so great that they could not dwell together. [7] And there was strife ____________ the herdsmen of Abrams livestock and the herdsmen of Lots livestock. The __________________ and the __________________ then dwelt in the land.

Genesis 13:8-10 So Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are ______________. [9] Is not the whole land before you? Please ______________ from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left. [10] And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well ____________ __________________ (before the LORD ________________ Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go __________ Zoar.

Genesis 13:11-13 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot ________________ east. And they ________________ from each other. [12] Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom. [13] But the men of Sodom were ___________________ wicked and sinful against the LORD.

Abram was older and could have chosen the best for himself. Lot chose to his own hurt because Sodom was so wicked.

3. Once More the Lord Promised Abram That All the Land Would One Day Belong to His Descendants.

Genesis 13:14-18 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had ________________ from him: Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, ______________, and ______________; [15] for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. [16] And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be ______________. [17] Arise, walk in the land through its __________ and its width, for I give it to you. [18] Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the ________________ trees of Mamre, which are in __________, and built an altar there to the LORD.

4. Lot Lived near Sodom and an Invading King Took Him Prisoner.

Genesis 14:1-2 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, _____________________ king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, [2] that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of ______________, Shinab king of Admah, ______________ king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).

Genesis 14:8-9 And the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and joined together in battle in the Valley of Siddim [9] against _____________________ king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, ______________ king of Shinar, and Arioch king of _____________________ kings against five.

Genesis 14:11-12 Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their __________________, and went their way. [12] They also took Lot, Abrams brothers son who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and ______________.

5. After Abram Defeats Chedorlaomer He Meets with Melchizedek, a Priest of the Most High God.

Genesis 14:17-20 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the Kings Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. [18] Then ___________________ king of Salem ____________ out bread and wine; he was the __________ of God Most High. [19] And he blessed him and said: Blessed be Abram of God Most High, ________________ of heaven and earth; [20] And blessed be God Most High, Who has ________________ your ____________ into your hand. And he gave him a tithe of all.

Genesis 14:21-24 Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the ____________, and take the goods for yourself. [22] But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the ________________ of heaven and earth, [23] that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take ______________ that is yours, lest you __________ say, I have made Abram rich— [24] __________ only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, __________, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

6. Abram Questioned God's Promise of Children, Since He Still Had None. God Promised Him Children and Told of What Would Happen to Them Before the Land was Actually Theirs.

Genesis 15:1-6 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your ___________________ great reward. [2] But Abram said, Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go ________________, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of ______________? [3] Then Abram said, Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir! [4] And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir. [5] Then He ____________ him ____________ and said, Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them. And He said to him, So shall your ___________________ be. [6] And he ______________ in the LORD, and He ________________ it to him for _______________________.

Genesis 15:13-16 Then He said to Abram: Know certainly that your ___________________ will be ________________ in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. [14] And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; ________________ they shall come out with great ___________________. [15] Now as for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. [16] But in the fourth __________________ they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.

Genesis 15:18 On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: To your _______________________ I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the Ť great river, the River ________________:

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