There was a 6 decade overlap in the lives of Abraham and Noah.
The life of Abraham
Genesis 12:
- Called but only moves up river from Ur to Haran (for about 5 years)
- Abrahamic Covenant
- Father dies and Abraham goes to Canaan, the land God called him to. (Sarai) Sarah and Lot go too. Land promised again. Abraham is 75
- Famine, Abraham takes Sarah and Lot to Egypt. Passes Sarah off as his sister, she was his 1/2 sister by Terah and his 2nd wife. Pharaoh sends Abraham away with his riches when he finds Sarah is his wife.
Genesis 13:
- Abraham and Lot split, Lot goes to Sodom
- Land and multitude of descendants promised again
Genesis 14:
- 4 kings warred against 5, won and took lot. Abraham trained 318 from his house and went against the 4 kings to retrieve Lot. Abraham takes no spoils.
- Abraham gives tithes to Melchizedek, king and priest of Salem
Genesis 15:
- God tells Abraham he will have a son and his seed will multiply, Abraham believed and God counted it to him for righteousness. Abrahamic Covenant reiterated. Abraham prepares sacrifices, God walks the covenant ritual Himself, making it unconditional, while He puts Abraham in a deep sleep
Genesis 16:
- Ishmael born of Hagar, Sarah then despises her. Hagar goes to fountain, Angel of the Lord tells her Ishmael’s seed will multiply exceedingly. Abraham is 86
Genesis 17:
- Abrahamic Covenant reiterated and every man shall be circumcised as a token of the covenant. Abram changed to Abraham, Sarai changed to Sarah. Abraham is 99
- Sarah will have a son, he will be named Isaac and God will establish His everlasting covenant with him and his seed.
Genesis 18:
- God and 2 angels visit Abraham and he offers them 3 measures of meal, which becomes the fellowship offering. God says Sarah will bare child and she laughs. In Hebrew the root verb from which the word Isaac is derived means “to laugh”.
- Abraham bargains with God, while the 2 angels head to Sodom and Gomorrah, about not destroying the city for the righteous there.
Genesis 19:
- The 2 angels save Lot, his wife, and 2 daughters out of Sodom and Gomorrah. The angels destroy the city, but Lot’s wife looks back and is turned to ash by the burning.
- Lot’s 2 daughters feed him wine and sleep with him, baring Moab (father of the Moabites) by the elder and Benammi (father of the Ammonites) by the younger.
Genesis 20:
- Abraham moves to Gerar and tells King Abimeleck (a title of rulers of Philistia) that Sarah is his sister so that he would not be slain. Pagan practice would be to kill the husband and take the wife. God comes to Abimeleck and tells him he is a dead man because Sarah is Abraham’s wife. Abimeleck gives Abraham riches and tells them to go live anywhere in his land.
Genesis 21:
- Isaac is born Sarah is 90, Abraham is 100
- Hagar and Ishmael are cast out
- Abraham digs a well in Beersheba
Genesis 22:
- Abraham offers Isaac, God reiterates that He will multiply Abraham’s seed and in his seed all nations of the earth will be blessed
Genesis 23:
- Sarah dies at the age of 127 Abraham is 138
Genesis 24:
- Abraham sends his servant (Eleazor) to find a wife for Isaac. He finds Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s borther Nahor. Isaac was comforted of Sarah’s death.
Genesis 25:
- Isaac was 40 when he married Rebekah
- Abraham marries Keturah
- Abraham dies and is buried with Sarah Abraham is 175
- Ishmael has 12 sons and dies at the age of 137
Genesis 26:
- Philistines, after Abraham dies, fill the wells that Abraham had dug with earth
