Abraham

=Abraham=

== Summary: God told Abram to go from his native land and he will make a great nation. Abram traveled with his wife Sarai and his brother's son Lot. They went to a land called Canaan. Later God said to Abram I will bless you with as many heirs as stars in the sky. Sarai did not have any children. She told Abram to have a child with their maid so she can have a son through here. Abram obeyed her request. Sarai got mad because the maid got pregnant and was very mean to her. The maid ran away but returned because an angle appeared to her and told her to go back. The maid's child was named Ishmael. God tells Sarai that she will have a son named Isaac. The maid and her son left. God told Abram to take Isaac and sacrifice him. Abram did as he was told and then before he killed Isaac God told him to stop for he had proved himself. ==

Discussion Questions:

 * 1) Why do you think Abram was willing to sacrifice his son for God?
 * 2) Why do you think that Sarai got mad at her maid for getting pregnant when it was Sarai's idea?
 * 3) What do you think Abram was thinking on the journey to sacrifice his son?
 * 4) Why do you think that God wanted to test Abram?
 * 5) In the poem Sarah why do you think that Sarah laughs when she hears the news that she will have a child?
 * 6) In the poem Sarah why do you think Sarah denies that she was laughing?
 * 7) In the poem Sarah why do you think Sarah says "The joke's on me!"?
 * 8) In the poem The Parable of the Old Men and the Young what do you think the last two lines mean?

== Supplementary Material: There are two poems written about this passage. The first one is about Sarah's reaction when God tells her she will bear a child. It makes fun of the fact that Sarah was very old when she had Isaac. In this poem she laughs when God has her that she will have a child in ninety years. She also says the joke is on me. The second poem is about when Abraham is about to sacrifice Isaac. The angel appears and tells Abraham to stop but he does not and ends up killing his son. ==

Outside Material:


Abraham about to sacrifice his son

Map of Canaan This is a website about the story of Abraham==

Study Guide/Quiz Questions:

 * 1) How does Sarah react when she learns that she is going to have a child at her old age?
 * 2) What are the names of Abraham's sons?
 * 3) What did God promise Abraham when he told him to leave his native land?
 * 4) What happens at the end of the poem The Parable of the Old Men and the Young?