Genesis 11:26
Genesis 11:26 Terah lived 70 years and fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:31-32 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.
Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
I love the Bible. It is such a fascinating book. I love Bible studies. Every time you read and study the Bible you find new things.
I as am reading the Bible this year, I am paying a little more attention to the genealogies. You know, the so and so begat so forth and lived so many years and begat sons and daughters. Usually we just breeze through these, but this time I actually charted Shems line out.
As I was charting out this genealogy, I discovered something interesting. I knew that Terah had taken Abram & Lot to go to Canaan. Obviously Terah had been told by God to go and feared God enough to pack his family up and move. I also knew that Terah got as far as Haran and died there, while Abram went on to Canaan. What I did not realize was that Abram left Haran 50 years before Terah died. Why?
What caused Terah to lose sight of God's promise? Was it the cares of life? Was it a physical disability that prevented him from continuing to travel? Was it just a change of heart? The Bible doesn't elaborate. It simply says he died in Haran. Obviously though, the family was still aware of the promise and Abram went on to fulfill it.
God doesn't need anyone's time, money or talents. If Jonah had still refused to go to Nineveh after the fish spit him up, God would have sent someone else. God wanted to make a great nation of Terah. Since Terah refused, he made a great nation of Abraham. It was Terah's loss, not Gods. Are there any promises that you have lost sight of? Is there something that God has called you to do that you have given up on halfway? Are you going to let someone else take your blessing?
Sincerely,
Deborah
Genesis 11:31-32 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran's son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there. Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.
Genesis 12:4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
I love the Bible. It is such a fascinating book. I love Bible studies. Every time you read and study the Bible you find new things.
I as am reading the Bible this year, I am paying a little more attention to the genealogies. You know, the so and so begat so forth and lived so many years and begat sons and daughters. Usually we just breeze through these, but this time I actually charted Shems line out.
As I was charting out this genealogy, I discovered something interesting. I knew that Terah had taken Abram & Lot to go to Canaan. Obviously Terah had been told by God to go and feared God enough to pack his family up and move. I also knew that Terah got as far as Haran and died there, while Abram went on to Canaan. What I did not realize was that Abram left Haran 50 years before Terah died. Why?
What caused Terah to lose sight of God's promise? Was it the cares of life? Was it a physical disability that prevented him from continuing to travel? Was it just a change of heart? The Bible doesn't elaborate. It simply says he died in Haran. Obviously though, the family was still aware of the promise and Abram went on to fulfill it.
God doesn't need anyone's time, money or talents. If Jonah had still refused to go to Nineveh after the fish spit him up, God would have sent someone else. God wanted to make a great nation of Terah. Since Terah refused, he made a great nation of Abraham. It was Terah's loss, not Gods. Are there any promises that you have lost sight of? Is there something that God has called you to do that you have given up on halfway? Are you going to let someone else take your blessing?
Sincerely,
Deborah
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