Genesis 12 to 22  The Story 
          of Abraham 
        
           
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               11:27-32 Abram sojourns to Canaan 
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            12:1-9 Promise of a great nation 
              and of Canaan; "I will bless you" and "you will be 
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            12:10 to 13:1 Sojourn in Egypt; 
              Sarai as sister  | 
           
           
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            13:1-18 Abram 
              and Lot separate;  
              (blessing) promise of the land;  
              offspring without number (as dust)  | 
           
           
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            14:1-24 Abram 
              delivers Sodom/Lot;  
              Abram blessed by Melchizedek; tithe 
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            15:1-21 Sacrifice 
              offered; promise of an heir  | 
           
           
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            16:1-16 Birth 
              of Ishmael | 
           
           
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            17:1-14 God's covenant; Abram to Abraham | 
           
           
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            17:15-27 Promise 
              of Isaac; all circumcised  | 
           
           
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            18:1-15 Heavenly 
              visitors; promise of a son  | 
           
           
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            18:16-33 Abraham 
              intercedes for Sodom;  
              Blessed by heavenly visitors; "for the sake of ten" 
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            19:1-38 Men 
              of Sodom; Lot escapes to a little city;  
              Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed;  
              Lot and his daughters  | 
           
           
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            20:1-18 Sojourn in Egypt; 
              Sarah as sister  | 
           
           
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            21:1-21 Birth of Isaac; 
              (Cast out the slave woman); Ishmael to be a great nation 
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            | 21:22-34 Abraham sojourns 
              in the land of Philistines  | 
           
         
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