New Names For Abram And Sari - NAS

1. As Abram and Sarai Came to an Important Turning Point in Their Lives, God Gave Them New Names. He Reestablished His Covenant with Them and Gave Abraham the Covenant of Circumcision.

Genesis 17:1-5 Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD ______________ to Abram and said to him, "I am God ______________; Walk before Me, and be ________________. [2] "I will ________________ My covenant between Me and you, And I will ______________ you ___________________." [3] Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, [4] "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations. [5] "No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.

Genesis 17:15-17 Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. [16] "I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of ____________; kings of ____________ will come from her." [17] Then Abraham fell on his face and ____________, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man one ____________ years old? And will Sarah, who is __________ years old, bear a child?"

Genesis 17:19 But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an ___________________ covenant for his ___________________ after him.

Genesis 17:24-27 Now Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. [25] And Ishmael his son was ______________ years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. [26] In the very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son. [27] All the men of his household, who were born in the house or __________ with _________ from a ________________, were circumcised with him.

2. It was Hard for Abraham and Sarah to Believe They Would Have Children after Growing So Old.

Genesis 18:1-5 Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was ____________ at the tent door in the heat of the day. [2] When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were ______________ ______________ him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed ____________ to the earth, [3] and said, "My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass your servant by. [4] "Please let a __________ water be ____________ and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree; [5] and I will bring a piece of bread, that you may ____________ yourselves; after that you may go on, since you have ____________ your servant." And they said, "So do, as you have said."

Genesis 18:6-8 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "____________, prepare three ______________ of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes." [7] Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and choice calf and gave it to the ____________, and he hurried to prepare it. [8] He took curds and milk and the calf which he had ______________, and placed it before them; and he was ______________ by them under the tree as they ate.

Genesis 18:9-10 Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "There, in the tent." [10] He said, "I will surely __________ to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." And Sarah was ________________ at the tent door, which was __________ him.

Genesis 18:11-15 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, ______________ in age; Sarah was past childbearing. [12] Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have become old, shall I have ______________, my lord being old also?" [13] And the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?' [14] "Is ______________ too ________________ for the LORD? At the ________________ time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son." [15] Sarah denied it ____________, saying, "I did not laugh "; for she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh."

3. A Son Is Born to Abraham and Sarah. They Name Him Isaac.

Genesis 21:1-5 Then the LORD took note of Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had ______________. [2] So Sarah ________________ and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the ________________ time of which God had spoken to him. [3] Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. [4] Then Abraham ___________________ his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had ________________ him. [5] Now Abraham was one ____________ years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

4. God Gave Abraham a Very Hard Test to Show That Abraham Had Learned to Trust Him.

Genesis 22:1-2 Now it came about after these things, that God __________ Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." [2] He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of __________, and offer him there as a burnt ______________ on one of the ________________ of which I will tell you."

Genesis 22:6-8 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the _________. So the two of them walked on together. [7] Isaac _________ to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "__________, the fire and the wood, but _________ is the lamb for the burnt offering?" [8] Abraham said, "God will ____________ for ____________ the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together.

Genesis 22:9-12 Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and ______________ the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. [10] Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. [11] But the angel of the LORD __________ to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." [12] He said, "Do not stretch out your hand ____________ the lad, and do ____________ to him; for now I know that you fear God, _________ you have not ______________ your son, your only son, from Me."

Genesis 22:13 Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the ____________ by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt ______________ in the place of his son.

God asked Abraham to offer his son as a sacrifice, but stopped him from actually doing it. God gave His own Son as a sacrifice for us. Jesus died for us so that we can be forgiven.

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