The Abrahamic Covenant Chart, Bible 150 LUO

Bible 150 LUO | Abrahamic Covenant Chart | | | LaNell Rice Rollins | 7/1/2013 |

The Abrahamic Covenant is an unconditional, everlasting promise made to Abraham and his descendants, by God. It is the foundation of the birth of the Messiah and the New Covenant He would eventually make with mankind. |

Reference: | Addressed | Circumstances | Ingredients | Development | Changes | Genesis 12:1-3 | Abram | God called Abram to leave his family in Haran and move to Canaan | Land seed and blessings. | This marks the beginning of the everlasting covenant that God promised Abram for his faith and belief in Him. | | Genesis 12:7 | Abram | Abram, Sarai, Lot, and the rest of Abram’s household are in Canaan | Land | Because of his trust in God, in moving to an unknown place, God reiterated his promise of land to the seed of Abram. | | Genesis 13:1-2 | Abram | Obedience | Land, blessings | God has already begun to multiply Abram’s possessions just as he promised. | | Genesis 13:14 -15 | Abram | Abram and Lot have separated | Land | God promised the land as far as his eye could see would be he is and his descendants. | Family separated | Genesis 13: 16 | Abram | God confirms the promise | Seed | To assure Abram that His promise is true God tells him He will multiply his seed to a number that no man can count. Lot was not that seed. | Greater emphasis on the number of his seed | Genesis 13: 17 | Abram | | Land | God tells him to walk the length and width of the land because it will one day be his. | Emphasis on land but the promise is the same | Genesis 15:1-6 | Abram | Abram and Sarah are past childbearing years | Seed | Abram is 85 and Sarai is 75 and they have no children. God visits Abraham in a vision, reassuring him he will be the father of nations and Abraham because of his faith in God believed. | God promised Abram a long life | Genesis 15: 17-21 | Abram | | Land | In a dream God passes between the carcasses of sacrificial animals alone to show Abram His covenant with him is unconditional and He will keep it. | | Genesis 16:1-4 | Sarai | Sarai gives her servant Hagar to Abram | Seed | In an attempt to help fulfill the promise that God made to Abram, Sarai believing she to be too old to conceive, gave her servant to bear a child in her stead. In the eye of man this could have been a threat to the fulfillment | A child is conceived | Genesis 16: 7 -11 | Hagar | Hagar tries to run away due to the treatment from Sarai | Seed | Sarai gave her handmaiden to Abram in hopes of conceiving a child and is now jealous. Though Ishmael is not the promised a child, he is still the seed of Abram and an angel of the Lord stops Hagar from leaving in the night to protect Abram’s unborn son. | God makes a promise to someone else | Genesis 16: 15 -16 | Abram | | Seed | Abram is 86 and Ishmael is born | Abram has a son | Genesis 17:1-27 | Abraham | Sign of the covenant | Seed | God tells Abram that all of his descendants shall be circumcised as a sign of their covenant commitment.God changes Abram’s name to Abraham and Sarai’s name to Sarah meaning father and mother of nations. | Circumcision instituted , Names are changed | Genesis 18:1-15 | Sarah | Three angels of the Lord visit Abraham to reiterate the covenant | Seed | Though Sarah is 89 and well past childbearing years it is declared that she will conceive a son. | God questions Sarah. “Is there anything too hard for God?” | Genesis 19: 15- 22 | Lot | Two angels visit Lot | Blessings | Lot is a righteous man and a part of Abraham’s family and he and his family are delivered out of Sodom and Gomorrah before the city is destroyed. | Lot is saved from death | Genesis 21:1-4 | Sarah | The promise is kept | Seed | Sarah gives birth to Isaac | Isaac is born | Genesis 21: 9-13 | Abraham | Hagar and Ishmael are sent away | Seed and blessings | Because Ishmael mocked Isaac on the day he was weaned, Sarah asked Abraham to send him away. God told Abraham to comply because Isaac was the promised one but Ishmael would also prosper because he too was Abraham’s child | Another promise is made regarding Ishmael | Genesis 21: 14 -21 | Hagar &Ishmael | They are in the wilderness | Seed and blessings | Because they have been sent away Hagar fears they will die but an angel of the lord visits and confirms yet again Ishmael will be a great nation | | Genesis 22:15-18 | Abraham | Abraham’s faith is tested | Seed and blessings | Because Abraham had enough faith to sacrifice his only child God promised again to multiply his blessings and his seed | Abraham is tested | Genesis 23 | Abraham | Sarah died | Land | Though they are currently in land that belongs to others Sarah is buried in a cave in the land that will be a part of Abraham’s promised land | Sarah died | Genesis 24:1-4 | Abraham & Eliezer | Isaacs wife is chosen | Seed | Isaac is now 40 and not married Abraham made Eliezer vow to find a suitable wife to continue the covenant he had with God and not defile the line with a Canaanite bride. God leads him to the right woman. | Isaac marries | Genesis 25:7-11 | Isaac | Abraham dies | Blessings | Abraham is buried with Sarah and God blesses Isaac | Abraham dies | Genesis 25: 12 -18 | Ishmael | Confirmation | Blessings and seed | At the burial of Abraham Ishmael and his children are seen. | | Genesis 25:23-25 | Rebekah | Esau and Jacob | Seed | The Lord comes to Rebekah and tells her she will give birth to two nations extending the covenant He made with Abraham. | Rebekah gives birth | Genesis 26:1-5 | Isaac | Faith | Seed, land and blessings | There is a famine in the land and God tells Isaac to go where he sends and he will extend the same blessings to him that he promised to Abraham. | Covenant continues | Genesis 26: 24 -28 | Isaac | No fear | Seed and blessings | God visits Isaac in Gerar to tell him not to fear his quarrel with Abimelech because he will multiply his seed and blessings just as he did for Abraham | | Genesis 27: 28 -29 | Jacob | The elder shall serve the younger | Blessings | Though Esau’s older the blessing is past from Isaac to Jacob. Jacob believes he tricked his father but God had already pre-ordained it. | Division of the nation | Genesis 28: 1-5 | Jacob | Isaac blesses Jacob | Land, seed and blessings | Isaac passes the blessing of Abraham to Jacob | | Genesis 28: 10 -15 | Jacob | God appears to Jacob in a dream | Land, seed and blessings | God gives the covenant to Jacob | | Genesis 29 -30 | Jacob | Prosperity | Seed and blessings | Jacob has two wives, several children and many possessions | | Genesis 32: 24 -29 | Jacob | Jacob wrestles an angel | Blessings | After the blessing Jacob’s name is changed to Israel | | Genesis 35: 1-15 | Israel | Blessings at Bethel | Land and blessings | God promises Kings will come from Jacob | | Genesis 45: 7-10 | Joseph | A prepared place | Blessings | Joseph tells his brothers God sent him to Egypt to prepare for his family in a time of famine | The older shall serve the younger | Genesis 46: 2-4 | Israel | Fear not | Seed and blessings | God comes to Israel in a dream assuring him them moved to Egypt is His plan | | Genesis 48:8-22 | Joseph | A double portion | Blessings | Israel gives Joseph a double portion through his sons Ephraim and Manasseh | | Genesis 49 | Israel | Prophecy | Seed, land and blessings | Israel prophesies to his children and identifies Judah as the line for the Messiah | Jacob dies | Genesis 50 | Joseph | Mourning | Land | Jacob is returned and buried in the cave of Abraham and Sarah. Joseph after many years passes the blessing to his brothers | Joseph dies |