BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 13, Day 2: Genesis 20
Summary of Genesis 20: Abraham had been staying near the great trees of Mamre (Genesis 18) and now has moved on to the Negev between Kadesh and Shur. He stayed in Gerar for a time and again lied about...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 13, Day 3: Genesis 21:1-13
Summary of Genesis 21:1-13: Finally, Isaac arrives in God’s timing when Abraham is 100 years old. His name means “he laughs.” Isaac is circumcised at 8 days old. Of course, Ismael is jealous of...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 13, Day 4: Genesis 21:14-21
Summary of Genesis 21: 14-21: Abraham set Ismael and Hagar off one day, and they wandered the desert of Beersheba. When they ran out of water, Hagar left Ismael under a bush, and she went a bit away so...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 13, Day 5: Genesis 21:22-34
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Summary of Genesis 21:22-34 Abraham makes a treaty wtih Abimelech and his commander, Phicol, to stay in the land for years. Abimelech approaches Abraham for the treaty. Abraham...
View ArticleFriday Digest: BSF’s Study of Genesis Lesson 13
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN GENESIS CHAPTER 20-21: God is stronger than humanity. God brings our sins to others’ good. God is faithful, even if we are not. God’s timing is not our own God keeps His...
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Hey all! You probably already know this, but I wanted to promote it. BSF now has an app where you can access the notes, lectures, daily lesson questions, and you can answer your questions right from...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 2: Genesis 22:1-10
Summary of Genesis 22:1-10: At some point, God tells Abraham to take his son, Isaac, to Moriah and sacrifice him to God as a burnt offering. The next morning, Abraham, Isaac, and two servants set out...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 3: Genesis 22:11-14
Summary of Genesis 22:11-14: An angel of the Lord called out to Abraham, to which he said, “Here I am.” The angel tells Abraham to not lay a hand on the boy for now his fear of God has been shown. A...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 4: Genesis 22:15-24
Summary of Genesis 22:15-24: The angel of the Lord calls to Abraham a second time from heaven with a message from God, saying that because of his obedience, God will bless Abraham and make his...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 14, Day 5: Genesis 23
Summary of Genesis 23: Sarah lived to be 127 years old. She died in Hebron. Abraham offered to buy a burial plot from the Hittites, and they told him he could pick any plot to bury her in, free of...
View ArticleFriday Digest: BSF’s Study of Genesis Lesson 14
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN GENESIS CHAPTER 22-23: God tests us for our own good God does it all; we do nothing God cares more about the heart than about outcomes Jesus covers our sins so when God looks...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 15, Day 2: Genesis 24:1-14
Summary of Genesis 24:1-14: Abraham is now getting older, and it’s time for Isaac to take a wife. He makes his servant promise to get him a wife from his relatives and not one from the Canaanites....
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 15, Day 3: Genesis 24:15-27
Summary of Genesis 24:15-27: Rebekah was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah who was the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor. She was beautiful and a virgin. She had gone down to fill her jar with water....
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 15, Day 4: Genesis 24:28-51
Summary of Genesis 24:28-51: Rebekah ran home and told all what had happened. Laban, Rebekah’s brother, ran out to the servant to bring him to their house. So the servant, his men, and his camels were...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 15, Day 5: Genesis 24:52-67
Summary Genesis 25:52-67: The servant showered the entire family with precious and costly gifts for the dowry. The next morning Laban and Bethuel tried to delay the trip, but they left immediately on...
View ArticleFriday Digest: BSF’s Study of Genesis Lesson 15
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN GENESIS CHAPTER 24: We should all serve God like the servant served Abraham Seek God in all things in your life through prayer and guidance All true Christians are led by the...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 16, Day 2: Genesis 25:1-18
Summary of Genesis 25:1-18: Abraham took another wife named Keturah and had more kids. He left everything he owned to Isaac but gave gifts to his other sons and sent them away to the land of the east....
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 16, Day 3: Genesis 25:19-26
Summary of Genesis 25:19-26: Isaac was forty when he married Rebekah. Isaac prayed when he discovered Rebekah was barren and God granted her twins. The Lord told her she carried two nations, one will...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 16, Day 4: Genesis 25:27-34
Summary of Genesis 25:27-34: Esau grew into a skilled hunter, while Jacob grew into a quiet man, prefering to stay around the tents. Isaac loved Esau; Rebekah loved Jacob. One day, Esau returned and...
View ArticleBSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 16, Day 5: Genesis 26
Summary of Genesis 26: A famine came into the land, and Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines in Gerar (different guy than Abraham’s Abimelech. Remember, Abimelech is the name they give to...
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