Genesis 12 — Sketch

Father Abraham

Big Idea:

• God sends Abram to Canaan.

• God appears to Abram at the tree of Moreh and promises to bless Abram’s descendants.

• Abram builds an altar to God.

• Abram leaves Canaan for Egypt because of a famine.

• Out of fear, Abram tells the Egyptians that his wife, Sarai, is just his sister, and she is “taken into the palace.”

• God inflicts disease on Pharaoh's household for taking Sarai.

• Pharoah realizes Abram’s lie and sends him and Sarai away.

Jesus in This Chapter:

• When God says, "All peoples on earth will be blessed through you," He's talking about Jesus, the Savior of the world who would come through Abram's family line.

• When God says, "I will make you into a great nation," He's talking about the Israelites, who descend from Abram — but He's also talking about all people of faith, Abram's spiritual descendants (Romans 4:16).

(Originally drawn July 6, 2010)