Chapter 4 Abraham Flashcards
(44 cards)
Before history
Pre-history
Beginning
Genesis
Father
Patriarch
Nationality (race/a group of people)
Jewish
Do some of the stories have historical evidence?
Yes some but not all
Founding father of 3 major religions of the world
Abraham
High father
Abram
The one of the mountain or mountain god
El Shaddi
In Abrahams covenant with God what did God promise
Land and many descendants
The Hebrews were to be God’s people and loyal and loving to Him and each other
Abraham’s covenant
Princess for all
Sarah
My princess
Sarai
Physical sign of the covenant
Circumcised
In the time Abraham was alive everyone was
Polytheistic
Could Sarah conceive in the story of Abraham
No
Hagar+Abraham=
Ishmael
Abraham+Sarah=
Isaac
Abraham migrated from the city-state to
The Fertile Crescent to Canaan
Change of name was a symbol of entering a covenant with God. Example:
Confirmation
Isaac+Rebekah=
Jacob+Esau (first born)
The giving of the birthright
Blessing
What happened between Jacob and Esau?
Esau was to receive the blessing but instead Jacob received it. Jacob and Rebekah played Isaac since he was blind. Esau promises to kill Jacob so Jacob flees
Harry (hunter)
Esau
Jacob flees to his uncle Laban in
Haran