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The Patriarchs (Abraham)
At a Glance Genesis 16:16 states that Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael, presenting the event as a straightforward birth…
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At a Glance Genesis 16:2 records Sarai’s plan to obtain children through Hagar after years of barrenness. Genesis 16:6 shows Abram’s failure to protec…
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At a Glance Genesis 16:10-11 promises Hagar that Ishmael would have many descendants and identifies the reason for his name. Genesis 25:12-18 lists Is…
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At a Glance Genesis 16:6 says Sarai mistreated Hagar after Hagar became pregnant, causing Hagar to flee. Genesis 16:9 records the angel’s command that…
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At a Glance Genesis 16:6 says Sarah treated Hagar harshly after Hagar conceived Ishmael for Abram. Genesis 16:13 records Hagar naming the LORD “a God …
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At a Glance Genesis 15:5 compares Abram’s future descendants with the uncountable stars of heaven. Genesis 17:19 identifies Isaac as the son through w…
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At a Glance Genesis 15:18 records God’s covenant promise that Abraham’s offspring would receive land “from the river of Egypt to the great river, the …
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At a Glance Genesis 15:18-21 records God promising Abram’s descendants land stretching from the “river of Egypt” to the Euphrates, along with a list o…
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At a Glance Genesis 15:9-10 records God directing Abram to prepare a heifer, a goat, a ram, and two birds, animals that later carry specific meaning w…
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At a Glance Genesis 15:5 records God telling Abram to look at the night sky and count the stars as a picture of how many descendants he would have. Ge…
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At a Glance Genesis 14:22-23 records Abram swearing to the king of Sodom that he would not keep so much as a thread or a sandal strap from the recover…
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At a Glance Genesis 14:18-20 introduces Melchizedek as “king of Salem” and “priest of God Most High” who blesses Abram and receives a tithe, yet the t…
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At a Glance Genesis 14:14 states that Abram “led forth his trained men, born in his house, 318 of them,” a specific number rather than a rounded estim…
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At a Glance Genesis 14:1-2 names four eastern kings, including Chedorlaomer of Elam, allied against five kings of the Jordan plain, none of whom appea…
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At a Glance Genesis 14:1-2 names Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, none matched wit…
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At a Glance Genesis 15:18-21 records God’s covenant promising Abram’s descendants land “from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrate…
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At a Glance Genesis 13:10 describes Lot seeing the Jordan Valley as well watered like the garden of the Lord and like the land of Egypt, a comparison …
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At a Glance Genesis 13:7 records that “the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land” while Abram and Lot’s herdsmen quarreled, placing …
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