The Lord Calls Abram
Questions for Study 8

Genesis 11:27-12:20
Memory Verses: 12:1-2

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I. This is the Account of Terah (11:27-32)

1. What can you learn about Terah's family through verses 27-29? What problem did Abram's family have? (30) Where did Terah and his family settle? (31) Why there? Was Terah's family worshipping of the LORD? (Joshua 24:2; Gen. 31:19; 35:1-4)

2. Where was Terah and Abram when God first call them? (31, Acts 7:2) Who was called first? With this fact and the facts learned in question one, what can we learn to do when God calls us? (Luke 9:62)

II. I Will Make You into a Great Nation (12:1-2)

3. What was God's command to Abram when he called him? (1) Why do you think it was necessary for Abram to leave his country, his people and his household to be used by God?

4. What are the seven blessings of God to Abram involved in his promise? (2-3) What is the meaning of each of these? How would God's original blessing upon mankind given in Genesis 1:28 be restored through his promise to Abram and his offspring? How would this promise foretell the same blessings to all of Abram's descendants? (Galatians 3:7-9)

5. What was Abram's response to God's call? What was the nature of his faith that characterized his pilgrimages? (Hebrews 11:8) How old was he when he departed? Who went with him?

6. What did Abram find when he arrived in the promised land? (6) What specific promise of assurance did God give Abram when he appeared to him?

7. How did Abram show his faith in God's promise for his new life in the promised land? (7-8) What can you say about Abram's early life of faith?

III. Abram in Egypt (12:10-20)

8. What unexpected problem arose? How was Abram's motivation for going to Egypt different from that of his moving to Canaan?

9. Contrast Abram's life in Egypt with his life in the promised land of Canaan in regard to his material life, his family life, and his spiritual life. How did the LORD rescue Abram from his trap in Egypt? How did he protect Abram and his family?