New Names For Abram And Sari - NIV

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 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD ______________ to him and said, "I am God ______________; walk before me and be ________________. [2] I will confirm my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your ____________." [3] Abram fell ______________, and God said to him, [4] "As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. [5] No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:15-17 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. [16] I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of ____________ will come from her." [17] Abraham fell ______________; he ____________ and said to ____________, "Will a son be born to a man a ____________ years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?"

Genesis 17:19 Then God said, "Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an ___________________ covenant for his ___________________ after him.

Genesis 17:24-27 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, [25] and his son Ishmael was ______________; [26] Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that same day. [27] And every male in ________________ household, including those born in his household or bought from a ________________, was 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 The LORD ______________ to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was ____________ at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. [2] Abraham looked up and saw three men ______________ nearby. When he saw them, he ____________ from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. [3] He said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by. [4] Let a __________ water be ____________, and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree. [5] Let me get you something to eat, so you can be ________________ and then go on your way--now that you have come to your servant." "Very well," they ______________, "do as you say."

Genesis 18:6-8 So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. "Quick," he said, "get three seahs of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread." [7] Then he ran to the herd and ______________ a choice, tender calf and gave it to a ____________, who hurried to ____________ it. [8] He then ____________ some curds and milk and the calf that had been ____________d, and set these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

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

Genesis 18:11-15 Abraham and Sarah were ____________ old and well ______________ in years, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. [12] So Sarah laughed to herself as she ____________, "After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this ______________?" [13] Then the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' [14] Is ______________ too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at the ________________ time next year and Sarah will have a son." [15] Sarah was __________, so she lied and said, "I did not laugh." But he said, "Yes, you did laugh."

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

Genesis 21:1-5 Now the LORD was ______________ to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. [2] Sarah became ______________ and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. [3] Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. [4] When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham ___________________ him, as God ________________ him. [5] Abraham was a ____________ 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 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he ____________. [2] Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. ________________ him there as a burnt offering on one of the ________________ I will tell you about."

Genesis 22:6-8 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and __________ it on his son Isaac, and he himself ____________ the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, [7] Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?" "Yes, my son?" Abraham ____________. "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" [8] Abraham ______________, "God himself will ____________ the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.

Genesis 22:9-12 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and ______________ the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. [10] Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. [11] But the angel of the LORD __________ out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he ____________. [12] "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do ______________ to him. Now I know that you fear God, ____________ you have not ______________ from me your son, your only son."

Genesis 22:13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and __________________ it as a burnt offering ____________ 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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