The Song of the Covenant (Genesis 17:9-14)
Abraham receives an unexpected sign, a mark that is much more significant than it seems.
Abraham receives an unexpected sign, a mark that is much more significant than it seems.
Abraham receives an unexpected visitor, who delivers a special message to Sarah.
Abraham is invited to make a legal argument in the Lord’s courtroom, but who he decides to defend comes as a surprise.
Abraham’s nephew Lot is given a choice: run and live, or stay and die, but when the moment of decision comes, he hesitates.
The survivors of Sodom crawl out the ruins and start the process all over again.
Abraham ventures out of the mountains of the north, and begins to fill the wastelands below with life and true worship.
Almost thirty years after it began, Abraham’s journey finally comes to an end. And there he discovers that sometimes people inside the family want out, while sometimes people outside the family want in.
Abraham builds his last altar in the land, and prepares to sacrifice his entire future upon it. But is this really the kind of sacrifice Abraham’s God desires?
Abraham buries his wife in the land of Canaan, far from the protection of his ancestral gods. Why? Does he not care what happens to her in the afterlife?
Abraham writes his Last Will and Testament, and as a final request he asks God to arrange a marriage for his son.