Shem was the son of Noah’s greatest blessings. His children and their descendants were chosen by God in a special way. He had five sons whose families grew to become great nations.
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After the Great Flood, all the humans really stuck together. They spoke the language of Noah. They traveled the land together as nomads. They lived in tents that could easily be picked up and moved. They herded their animals along with them as they wandered from place to place seeking good water supplies and plenty of grassland for their animals.
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God saw all that was happening with the people he created. He watched as they moved eastward, and he watched as they boasted and built their mighty tower. And then God came down. Imagine this! The Almighty Lord reigns in glory on his exalted throne in Heaven.
Read MoreWhen we look at the time between Adam and Noah, there were ten generations of humans that multiplied on the earth. They became so hardened and wicked that God had to wash the earth clean of their polluting sin.
Read MoreAbram’s life was in shambles. He was seventy-five years old when his father had died. He was living in Haran, far from the land of Canaan, the place where his father Terah had hoped to go. His beloved wife remained barren, which brought deep shame to her from everyone in their society.
Read MoreAbram had moved out in faith because of the promises of God. The LORD told him to leave his country and his father's household and go to an entirely new land. God was going to raise up so many descendants for him that they would become an entire nation.
Read MoreAbram was a chosen man. Adam and Eve, the first humans, had plunged the world under a terrible curse by rebelling against God in the garden of paradise that he had provided with him.
Read MoreAbram had returned from Egypt with the wealth and riches bestowed on him by the Pharaoh. The flocks and herds of Lot had also grown, so that it wasn’t possible for the two clans to live near each other anymore.
Read MoreIn the dead of night, Abraham and his men went after the four kings. The kings had decimated the corrupt cities of the Jordan River Valley, and now they had taken his own nephew captive.
Read MoreWow. Imagine the difference in the life of Abram from the time we began his story until now. He went from being a wandering nomad with his wife and nephew to a man of vast wealth.
Read MoreWhen God called Abram to leave his home and journey to the land of promise, He gave conditions. If Abram obeyed, then God would bless him. Abram did obey. He ventured out into the unknown with his barren wife, taking everything with him.
Read MoreIn the days of Abram, covenants were an important part of human society. They were treaties or agreements between two groups that would keep the peace between them.
Read MoreAbram and Sarai had taken some major risks in obedience to God. They had left their own land and all of their comforts to become Bedouins, journeying to the land of Canaan, trusting that God would one day give it to their descendants so that they could bless the world.
Read MoreThe human race had plunged itself into a terrible situation. God created humanity to live in perfect harmony with Himself.
Read MoreOne day, Abraham was resting out by the entrance to his tent. It was the time of day when the heat grew to its worst. Abraham sat looking out on the glorious trees of Mamre where he and Sarah had chosen to live. They were far from the cities of immorality and shame that his nephew Lot had found so attractive.
Read MoreThree visitors had come to visit Abraham. He had provided them with a feast and honored their presence at his home. These guests were truly worthy of such an honor.
Read MoreAbraham had been bargaining with God. It was a remarkable day all around. The LORD had come with two angels to visit Abraham and his wife, Sarah, in order to bring them a message.
Read MoreAfter the mighty hand of God came in judgment on the plains of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham moved his clan to a place called Negev.
Read MoreAbraham and Sarah had waited on the LORD for twenty-five years. All during those years, Abraham believed in a message he had heard from God.
Read MoreYears of joy went by for Abraham and Sarah. Isaac learned to crawl and toddle around on his little feet. When he was two or three, they weaned him from his mother.
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