26 Bible Verses about Abraham, Testing And Victory
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Abram said to Lot: Let us not have any quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and mine, for we are brothers.
Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive. Abram led his trained men, born in his house, three hundred eighteen of them, in pursuit as far as Dan.
The word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram; I am your shield. Your reward shall be very great.
He believed in Jehovah. Jehovah considered Abram's faith as his righteousness.
As time went by, Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to Jehovah.
Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
Then Sarai said to Abram: You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering. I put my servant in your arms; she knows she is pregnant and she despises me. May Jehovah judge between you and me.
Abram was ninety-nine years old. Jehovah appeared to him and said: I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.
Then God said to Abraham: As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come.
God continued: Do not call your wife Sarai any longer. Her name will be Sarah.
Concerning Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him. I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
It is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman, and one by the freewoman.
Jehovah appeared again to Abraham by the oak grove of Mamre. He was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
Then the men stood up from their meal and started in the direction of Sodom. Abraham went with them to send them on the way.
Early the next morning Abraham came to the place where he had stood in front of Jehovah.
When God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot was living, he kept Abraham in mind and allowed Lot to escape to safety.
Abraham moved from Mamre to the southern part of Canaan and lived between Kadesh and Shur. Later, while he was living in Gerar,
Jehovah was gracious to Sarah, as he had said. Jehovah did for Sarah what he had promised.
Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was laughing in mockery.
Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham. They said: God is with you in all that you do.
God tested Abraham. He said to him: Abraham! Abraham replied: Here I am.
Abraham's brother Nahor had married Milcah, and Abraham was later told that they had eight sons.
Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.