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Abraham & His Descendants
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(Genesis 11:26-50:26)
Abraham was a faithful servant of God.
Because of Abraham's faith and obedience, God made some promises to him.
Two of the promises that are particularly important in God's plan are:
(1)
God promised to make Abraham into a great nation and
(2) God promised that
all nations on the earth would be blessed through Abraham.
God made these
same promises to Abraham's son Isaac and to his grandson Jacob. Jacob's
name was later changed to Israel. This great nation that came from Abraham was
the Israelite nation (later also called Jews). The Israelite
nation was made up of twelve tribes, one for each of the twelve sons of
Jacob. The second promise to Abraham was fulfilled in Jesus (Galatians
3:16). He blessed all nations by offering salvation and remission of sins
to all who come to Him.
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