He would make Abraham's offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky (15:5)īy the time Abraham is about 86 years old, which was about ten or eleven years later (16:3), God promises Abraham ( via the angel who spoke to Hagar) that Abraham would have a son by Hagar (16:11-16).He would allow Abraham to be the father of a son or heir (15:4).He would make Abraham's offspring like the dust of the earth - so many Then, Abraham leaves Egypt and the Lord tells him when he arrives back in the promised land that This happened just before the first occurrence of This initial mention of God's promise occurred when Abraham was about 75 Lord promised Abraham that He would make him into a great nation (12:2),Īnd give his offspring the promised land (12:7). Fill in the blanks using the references given. If we review the story of Abraham, we see that that God is faithful in His promise to Abraham. Where the kings sent Abraham - Pharaoh sent him away (12:19-20) but Abimelech allowed him to settle wherever he wanted to in his land (20:15).Ģ.When the kings gave Abraham gifts for Sarah - Pharaoh gave gifts before he knew she was his wife (12:16) but Abimelech gave gifts after he found out Sarah was his wife (20:14).What was given to Abraham for Sarah - Pharaoh gave donkeys and camels (12:16) but Abimelech gave sheep and cattle (20:14) also, Abimelech gave 1,000 pieces of silver (20:16).God's Punishment on the kings - God sent severe plagues to Pharaoh's family (12:17) but closed the wombs of Abimelech's family (20:18).

Genesis chapter 30 explained