Read Genesis 12:1-13:18 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
12:1-9 {p} Promise of land and descendants
12:10-13:18 {p} Abram’s faith in the promise tested, and promise reaffirmed
Strong themes of the parashah
12:1-13:18 {p+p} Promise given; faith in the promise tested; promise reaffirmed
Gen 12:1-13:18 Chiastic structure
Download the fully expanded Gen 12:1-13:18 triennial Lech lecha chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
Promise given; faith in the promise tested; promise reaffirmed
Finding Messiah in Torah
When this parashah opens, God is not anyone’s God. He has been rejected as God and as Creator at Babel. The rebellion at Babel introduced paganism among men as a religion, to replace YHVH, the Creator, as God. But when YHVH spoke to Abram, Abram listened to Him and obeyed Him. YHVH’s instruction was,
Now YHVH had said unto Abram, “Get out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, unto a land that I will show you: and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing: and I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you; and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Gen 12:1-3
You mean, all seventy families from Genesis 10 that just rejected YHVH as God at Babel and turned to serve the creature rather than the Creator? Yes, all those families. The nation of Abram’s seed will have YHVH as their God, unlike every other nation on the earth.
“And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto you, and to your seed after you.” Gen 17:7
The nation of Abram’s seed will be a blessing to all the other nations who have rejected God. Where is the vengeful and judgmental God of the Old Testament? His plan is to bless those families that rejected Him, by making a way for them to return to Him, through the nation of Abram’s seed, that is ultimately, the Promised Seed, Messiah Yeshua.
Additional readings for Triennial Lech lecha
Jos 24:3-18 | Psa 9 | Heb 11:1-10
Studies in Triennial Lech lecha
Genesis 12, Bible for Beginners
Genesis 13, Bible for Beginners
Gen 12:1-9, Chiastic structure: Abram the sojourner
Gen 12:10-13:18, Abram’s faith tested and reaffirmed
Gen 12:17, YHVH plagues Pharaoh’s house: history that prophesies
Gen 13 and 14, Abram, a relinquisher of rights
Further study off site
Antiquities of the Jews, Book I, Ch. 7, How Abraham Our Forefather Went Out of the Land of the Chaldeans (Josephus)
Antiquities, Book I, Ch. 8, That When There was a Famine in Canaan, Abram Went Thence to Egypt (Josephus)
Egypt and the Bible – Associates for Biblical Research
Triennial Lech Lecha – Messianic World Site
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | GENESIS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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