Transcript Genesis 12-50 © John Stevenson, 2012 Genesis 1-11 Genesis 12-50 Events Predominant People Predominant – Creation – Fall – Flood – Tower of Babel – Abraham – Isaac – Jacob –

Genesis 12-50
© John Stevenson, 2012
Genesis 1-11
Genesis 12-50
Events Predominant People Predominant
– Creation
– Fall
– Flood
– Tower of Babel
– Abraham
– Isaac
– Jacob
– Joseph
Race as a whole
Family of Abraham
Over 2000 years
250 years
Terah
Abraham
Nahor
Now these are the records
of the generations of Terah.
Terah became the father of
Abram, Nahor and Haran; and
Haran became the father of Lot.
(Genesis 11:27).
Haran
Lot
Terah
Abraham
Nahor
Haran died in the presence
of his father Terah in the land of
his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
(Genesis 11:28).
Haran
Lot
Genesis 11:29-30
Abram and Nahor took wives for
themselves. The name of Abram's
wife was Sarai; and the name of
Nahor's wife was Milcah, the
daughter of Haran, the father of
Milcah and Iscah. 30 Sarai was barren;
she had no child.
Genesis 11:31-32
Terah took Abram his son, and
Lot the son of Haran, his grandson,
and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son
Abram's wife; and they went out
together from Ur of the Chaldeans in
order to enter the land of Canaan;
and they went as far as Haran, and
settled there. 32 The days of Terah
were two hundred and five years; and
Terah died in Haran.
Haran
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Ur
Genesis 12:1-3
Now the LORD said to Abram,
“Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
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Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so you shall be a blessing;
Genesis 12:3
“And I will bless those who bless
you,
And the one who curses you I will
curse.
And in you all the families of the
earth will be blessed.”
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Haran
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And Abram took
Sarai his wife and
Lot his nephew…
…and they set out for ● Ur
the land of Canaan;
thus they came to
the land of Canaan.
(Genesis 12:5).
Genesis 12:7
And the LORD appeared to Abram
and said, "To your descendants I will give
this land." So he built an altar there to the
LORD who had appeared to him.
Literally,
“to your Seed”
Genesis 12:7
And the LORD appeared to Abram
and said, "To your descendants I will give
this land." So he built an altar there to the
LORD who had appeared to him.
• Lot, the Nephew of Abram
• Eliezer of Damascus
Then behold, the word of the LORD came to
him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; but
one who shall come forth from your own body,
he shall be your heir.“ (Genesis 15:4).
Genesis 15 &
The Covenant Ceremony
So He said to him, "Bring Me a
three year old heifer, and a three year
old female goat, and a three year old
ram, and a turtledove, and a young
pigeon."
Then he brought all these to Him
and cut them in two, and laid each
half opposite the other; but he did not
cut the birds. (Genesis 15:9-10).
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Genesis 15 &
The Covenant Ceremony
And it came about when the
sun had set, that it was very dark,
and behold, there appeared a
smoking oven and a flaming torch
which passed between these
pieces.
On that day the LORD made
a covenant with Abram… (Genesis
15:17-18).
Quest for a Son
• Lot, the Nephew of Abram
• Eliezer of Damascus
• Ishmael
• Isaac – “Laughter”
Abram called to Faith: Promise of a Seed (12:1-9)
Sojourn in Egypt & Denial of Sarai (12:10-20)
• Lot separates from Abram (13)
War on Sodom; Rescue of Lot by Abram (14)
Covenant Ceremony; Animal sacrifice (15)
Ishmael born (16)
Covenant Sign; Circumcision (17)
Destruction of Sodom; Rescue of Lot by Angels
(18-19)
Sojourn in Gerar & Denial of Sarah (20)
• Ishmael separates from Abram (21)
Abraham’s Faith Tested: Blessing of the Seed (22)
Abraham’s
Test
And Abraham
called the name of
that place The
LORD Will
Provide, as it is
said to this day, "In
the mount of the
LORD it will be
provided.”
(Genesis 22:14).
Seed of the Serpent
Seed of the Woman
Abraham
Ishmael
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Whose Seed
are You?
The Jacob Narrative
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His name: “Heel-grabber”
The Birthright.
The Blessing.
Jacob’s Ladder.
Sojourn in Haran.
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Haran
The Jacob Narrative
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His name: “Heel-grabber”
The Birthright.
The Blessing.
Jacob’s Ladder.
Sojourn in Haran.
• The Esau Incident
The Joseph Story
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A problem of favoritism
Deception with garments and a goat
Departure from the land
Egypt in the days of Joseph
Joseph’s Imprisonment
Jacob’s Exodus
Joseph’s Exodus
Jacob is sent on his
journey by his father
Joseph is sent on his
journey by his father
The Lord tells Jacob
he will be with him
The Lord was with
Joseph (39:2)
Jacob asks strangers Joseph asks stranger
where his uncle is
where his brothers are
Jacob’s brother hates
Joseph’s brothers
and intends to kill him hate and intend to kill
him
George Sayour
Jacob’s Exodus
Joseph’s Exodus
Jacob is treated
unfairly by Laban
Jacob is second in
charge to Laban
Joseph is treated
unfairly by Potiphar’s
wife
Joseph is second in
charge to Potiphar
Laban admits he is
blessed on Jacob’s
account
Potiphar sees he is
blessed on Joseph’s
account
God is in control
God is in control
George Sayour
The Joseph Story
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A problem of favoritism
Deception with garments and a goat
Departure from the land
Egypt in the days of Joseph
Joseph’s Imprisonment
Joseph’s Exaltation
Promise
Seeming
Defeat
Supernatural
Fulfillment
Abraham:
He and Sarah A son is born in
Descendants
are both
their old age
will be a
barren and old
multitude
Jacob: To be He becomes a He returns with
given rule over
fugitive in
great wealth
the land
Haran
Joseph: Your A slave in the
family will bow
prison of a
down to you
foreign
superpower
He is raised up
to become the
second in all of
Egypt
Promise
Moses: You
will lead your
country out of
bondage
Jesus: The
Kingdom of
Heaven is at
hand
Seeming
Defeat
Supernatural
Fulfillment
Rejected by
Israelites; a
fugitive in
Midian
Crucified,
dead and
buried; His
disciples
scattered
Leads Israel out
of Egypt and
through the Red
Sea
Resurrection;
Ascension; the
giving of the
Holy Spirit to
spread the
gospel to the
ends of the
earth
The Joseph Story
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A problem of favoritism
Deception with garments and a goat
Departure from the land
Egypt in the days of Joseph
Joseph’s Imprisonment
Joseph’s Exaltation
Israel’s Entrance into Egypt
Joseph manipulates his brothers in
order to bring the family back
together, not just physically, but
spiritually.
Joseph manipulates his brothers in
order to bring the family back
together, not just physically, but
spiritually.
As Moses writes this
narrative, God is doing
the same thing to Israel.
Joseph manipulates his brothers in
order to bring the family back
together, not just physically, but
spiritually.
What is God doing in
your life today to bring
you closer to Himself?
A Pattern of Israel’s
Purpose
• Altars & Worship
• A Sense of Purpose
• Unity
• Racial & Religious Purity
Blessing on Ephraim &
Manasseh
Genesis 48
Younger Brother Motif
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Seth instead of Cain
Isaac instead of Ishmael
Jacob instead of Esau
Perez instead of Zerah
Ephraim instead of Manasseh
We have an elder brother who
has given us His inheritance