God's Fam Trees- Abraham's Family Tree - Gen 12-26
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THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to
Abraham to David to Jesus - Abraham's Family Tree -
Genesis 11 through Genesis 26
Anne Terri: The links below are important to the story of Abram/Abraham,
and his covenant, however, for the list of names in his family, read further.
THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
GENESIS 11-13 Study Guide
AND
GOD'S FAMILY TREE - ADAM TO ABRAHAM TO ISHMAEL
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Genesis 11 through Genesis 26
Anne Terri: The links below are important to the story of Abram/Abraham,
and his covenant, however, for the list of names in his family, read further.
THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
GENESIS 11-13 Study Guide
AND
GOD'S FAMILY TREE - ADAM TO ABRAHAM TO ISHMAEL
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THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
- GENESIS 14 STUDY GUIDE -
SODOM AND GOMORRAH
AND
GOD'S FAMILY TREE - ADAM TO ABRAHAM TO ISHMAEL
Genesis 14:1-10 A List Of Kings And Their Lands-A War Zone
Genesis 14:11-12 They That Escaped To The Mountain From Sodom And Gomorrah
Genesis 14: 13-15 Abram The Hebrew's Brother Is Captured-Abram's Servant Army Smote Them
Genesis 14:16-17Abram Returns From War With Goods, Lot, Women, People
Genesis 14:21-24 King Of Sodom Gives, But Abram Refuses The Spoils Of War
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God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
- GENESIS 14 STUDY GUIDE -
SODOM AND GOMORRAH
AND
GOD'S FAMILY TREE - ADAM TO ABRAHAM TO ISHMAEL
Genesis 14:1-10 A List Of Kings And Their Lands-A War Zone
Genesis 14:11-12 They That Escaped To The Mountain From Sodom And Gomorrah
Genesis 14: 13-15 Abram The Hebrew's Brother Is Captured-Abram's Servant Army Smote Them
Genesis 14:16-17Abram Returns From War With Goods, Lot, Women, People
Genesis 14:21-24 King Of Sodom Gives, But Abram Refuses The Spoils Of War
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THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
- GENESIS 15 STUDY GUIDE -
THE LORD'S FIRST COVENANT WITH ABRAM
AND
GOD'S FAMILY TREE - ADAM TO ABRAHAM TO ISHMAEL
Genesis 15:1-4 Abram's Vision: The Lord Comes As His Shield and Reward, Thine Heir-But He That Shall Come Forth out of Thine own Bowels...
Genesis 15:5-7 The Lord Tells Abram - Number The Stars - So Shall Thy Seed Be
Genesis 15:8-11 The Lord's GOD'S Required Sacrifice-Heifer, Female Goat, Ream-Three Years Old and One Turtledove, Young Pigeon
Genesis 15:12-16 Abram's Deep Sleep - The Lord Speaks-Thy Seed A Stranger In Land Not Theirs...Affliction Four Hundred Years
Genesis 15:17-21 The Lord's Covenant With Abram:The Land Given
From The River Of Egypt - Unto The Great River - The River Euphrates
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THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
GENESIS 16 STUDY GUIDE -
STORY OF ABRAM AND WIFE SARAI - HAGAR AND ISHMAEL
AND
GOD'S FAMILY TREE - ADAM TO ABRAHAM TO ISHMAEL
Genesis 16:1-5 Abram's Wife – Sarai Barren – Her Handmaid, Egyptian Hagar Given To Abram by Sarai to bear children
Genesis 16:6-7 Sari Causes Hagar To Flee-The Lord's Angel Finds Her By The Fountain
Genesis 16:8-10 The Angels Directions To Hagar-Submit To Thy Mistress-I Will Multiply Thy Seed ...
Genesis 16:11-16 The Angel Names Abram and Hagar's Future Son - Ishmael- Ishmael's Future Conflicts
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THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
GENESIS 17 STUDY GUIDE - ABRAM BECOMES ABRAHAM
GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM- CIRCUMCISION
AND
GOD'S FAMILY TREE - ADAM TO ABRAHAM TO ISHMAEL
Genesis 17:1-5 The Lord Appears - Name Abram Changed to Abraham
Genesis 17:6-14 The Lord To Make Abraham- Covenant - Exceeding Fruitful- Circumcision
Genesis 17:15-22 The Lord Names Sarai as Sarah-Blessed To Have A Son At Ninety Years - Isaac
Genesis 17:23-27 Abraham Circumcised Every Male Including Himself
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God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
GENESIS 17 STUDY GUIDE - ABRAM BECOMES ABRAHAM
GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM- CIRCUMCISION
AND
GOD'S FAMILY TREE - ADAM TO ABRAHAM TO ISHMAEL
Genesis 17:1-5 The Lord Appears - Name Abram Changed to Abraham
Genesis 17:6-14 The Lord To Make Abraham- Covenant - Exceeding Fruitful- Circumcision
Genesis 17:15-22 The Lord Names Sarai as Sarah-Blessed To Have A Son At Ninety Years - Isaac
Genesis 17:23-27 Abraham Circumcised Every Male Including Himself
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THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
GENESIS 18- STUDY GUIDE -
ABRAHAM AND SARI/SARAH - A Son To Be Born In Old Age
Genesis 18: 1-5 The Lord Appears To Abraham - The Three Men At The Tent Door
Genesis 18:6-8 Abraham And Sarah Make Ready And Feed The Three Men
Genesis 18:9-16 ''Sarah Thy Wife Shall Have A Son''
Genesis 18:17-33 Sodom and Gomorrah - Their Sin Is Grievous - Abraham's conversation with The Lord ...
slaying the righteous with the wicked in Sodom
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GENESIS 18- STUDY GUIDE -
ABRAHAM AND SARI/SARAH - A Son To Be Born In Old Age
Genesis 18: 1-5 The Lord Appears To Abraham - The Three Men At The Tent Door
Genesis 18:6-8 Abraham And Sarah Make Ready And Feed The Three Men
Genesis 18:9-16 ''Sarah Thy Wife Shall Have A Son''
Genesis 18:17-33 Sodom and Gomorrah - Their Sin Is Grievous - Abraham's conversation with The Lord ...
slaying the righteous with the wicked in Sodom
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THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
GENESIS 19 STUDY GUIDE - LOT AND ANGELS IN SODOM
And
God's Family Tree -Abraham to Ishmael
Genesis 19:1-3 Two Angels At The Gate of Sodom - Lot Meets Them Offering Them Shelter And Food
Genesis 19:4-7 The Men Of The City At Lot's House Wish To Know The Men/Angels
Genesis 19:8-9 Lot Protects The Angels Offering The City Men His Two Daughters Instead
Genesis 19:10-11 The Men/Angels Protect Lot, Blinding The Men at the Door
Genesis 19:12-13 The Men/Angels Speak To Lot About Destroying The City Of Sodom
Genesis 19:14 Lot Warns His Family Of The Destruction Planned For Sodom
Genesis 19:15-23 The Angels Tell Lot To Hurry - ''Look not behind thee ...''
Genesis 19:18- Lot Speaks To The Lord-Asking To Escape To A Nearby City-Zoar
Genesis 19:24-26 The Lord Destroys Sodom And Gomorrah With Birmstone and Fire-Lot's Wife Looks Back
Genesis 19: 29 God Destroyed The Cities Of The Plain....
Genesis 19:30-38 Lot's Family - He Father's His Daughter's Sons - Moab, and Benammi
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GENESIS 19 STUDY GUIDE - LOT AND ANGELS IN SODOM
And
God's Family Tree -Abraham to Ishmael
Genesis 19:1-3 Two Angels At The Gate of Sodom - Lot Meets Them Offering Them Shelter And Food
Genesis 19:4-7 The Men Of The City At Lot's House Wish To Know The Men/Angels
Genesis 19:8-9 Lot Protects The Angels Offering The City Men His Two Daughters Instead
Genesis 19:10-11 The Men/Angels Protect Lot, Blinding The Men at the Door
Genesis 19:12-13 The Men/Angels Speak To Lot About Destroying The City Of Sodom
Genesis 19:14 Lot Warns His Family Of The Destruction Planned For Sodom
Genesis 19:15-23 The Angels Tell Lot To Hurry - ''Look not behind thee ...''
Genesis 19:18- Lot Speaks To The Lord-Asking To Escape To A Nearby City-Zoar
Genesis 19:24-26 The Lord Destroys Sodom And Gomorrah With Birmstone and Fire-Lot's Wife Looks Back
Genesis 19: 29 God Destroyed The Cities Of The Plain....
Genesis 19:30-38 Lot's Family - He Father's His Daughter's Sons - Moab, and Benammi
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God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
GENESIS 20 STUDY GUIDE-
KING ABIMELECH AND SARAH
Genesis 20:1-2 Abraham Calls His Wife Sister to King Abimelech
Genesis 20:3-7 King Abimelech's Dream-God Tells Him Sarah Is Married
Genesis 20:8-13 King Abimelech Asks Abraham Why He Has Done This - Abraham's Reply - He Thought Fear Of God Was Not In This Place...
Genesis 20:14-18 King Abimelech's Kindness To Abraham-Gifts, and Land
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God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
- GENESIS 21 STUDY GUIDE
ISAAC BORN TO ABRAHAM AND SARAH
Genesis 21: 1-3 As The Lord Said: Sarah Conceives and Bares A Son - Abraham Calls Him Issac
Genesis 21:4 Isaac Circumcised - Abraham One Hundred Years Old - Sarah Is Amazed
Genesis 21:8-9 Abraham's Feast To Celebrate Issac's Birth - Ishmael Mocks
Genesis 21:10-11 Sarah Wants Isaac To Be Abraham's Heir - Telling Abraham to Cast out Hagar and Ishmael
Genesis 21: 12-13 God Tells Abraham The Positive Future For Isaac and Ishmael, Thy Seed, and Ishmael's Great Nation
Genesis 21:17-21 God's Angel Appears: Fear Not - For I Will Make Him A Great Nation
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THE TORAH
God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
- GENESIS 22 STUDY GUIDE
ABRAHAM'S ATTEMPTED SACRIFICE OF ISSAC
Genesis 22: 1-2 GOD tempts Abraham - Offer Your Son As A Burnt Offering
Genesis 22: 3-10 Abraham Attempts To Sacrifice Issac
Genesis 22:11-13 The Angel Of The LORD Calls To Abraham To Stop The Sacrifice - A Ram Replaces Issac
Genesis 22:14 Jehovah - jireh: Place Issac Was Nearly Sacrificed
Genesis 22:15-18 The Angel Of The LORD Appears A Second Time-I Will Multiply Thy Seed - A Covenant
NAHOR AND MILCAH/NAHOR AND REUMAH
Genesis 22:19-24 Abraham's Brother Nahor and Milcah's Children-
Nahor and Reumah's Children
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God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
- GENESIS 23 STUDY GUIDE
THE DEATH OF SARAH
ABRAHAM IS WITH STRANGERS
Genesis 23: 1-2 Sarah Dies At Age One Hundred Twenty Years
Genesis 23:3-7 The Children of Heth Give Abraham A Burying Place For Sarah As He As Requested
Genesis 23:8-12 Abraham Speaks To The Children To Intreat Ephron the Hittite, For a Cave of Machpelah
Genesis 23:13-16 Abraham Wishes To Pay For The Burying Place And Weighs Four Hundred Shekels Of Silver To Pay Ephron For The Grave
Genesis 23:17-20 The Cave in the Field Of Ephron in Machpelah Before Mamre
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God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
- GENESIS 24 STUDY GUIDE -
THE STORY OF ISAAC AND REBEKAH CONTINUED
Genesis 24: 1-9 Abraham, now old, directs his eldest servant, to bring Isaac a woman to be his wife, from the land which Abraham came.
Genesis 24:10-14 The servant travels to Mesopotamia - City of Nahor, - asking The LORD God of master Abraham, to have a damsel show kindness at the city well so he may choose her for Isaac.
Genesis 24:15-28 Rebekah at the well offers water and lodging, as the servant as Prayed for.
Genesis 24: 29-33 Rebekah's Brother Laban cares for the servant, preparing food for him and his camels
Genesis 24: 34-49 Abraham's Servant speaks to Laban of his Mission to bring Issac a wife - and of Rebekah's conversation at the well.
Genesis 24:50-51 Laban and Bethuel Answer The Servant-He can take Rebekah with him, as the LORD has spoken.
Genesis 24:52-61 Rebekah's family discusses with Abraham's servant when she should go. Rebekah is in agreement-and prepares to travel.
Genesis 24:62-67 Isaac From The Way Of Lahai-roi Well - Meets Rebekah-making her his wife, and she was loved.
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God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
-GENESIS 25 STUDY GUIDE
ABRAHAM'S SECOND WIFE KETURA
ABRAHAM DIES
THE GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM - ISAAC AND ISHMAEL
BIRTH of ESAU AND JACOB
Genesis 25:1-4 Abraham And Keturah's Offspring
Genesis 25:5-6 Abraham Gives All To Isaac - Sons Of Concubines Receive Gifts
Genesis 25:7-10 The Days Of Abraham's Life to Burial - The Cave Of Machpelah ....
Genesis 25: 11-16 God Blessed Isaac / The Generations Of Ishmael
Genesis 25:17-18 Ishmael's Life to Burial - Hundred And Thirty and Seven Years
Genesis 25:19-24 The Generations of Isaac and Rebekah's Conception of Twins-Two Nations
Genesis 25:25-26 The Birth Of Esau And Jacob
Genesis 25:27-34 The Twins - Esau and Jacob - The Birthright Switched, For A Bowl Of Lentils
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God's Family Trees Of The Holy Bible – Adam to Abraham to David to Jesus
- GENESIS 26 STUDY GUIDE
Isaac / Rebekah / King Abimelech
Genesis 26:1 Famine - Isaac Goes To Gerar
Genesis 26:2-6 LORD appears To Isaac- Do not go to Egypt - Stay in Gerar-In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 26: 7-11 Isaac's Wife Rebekah and King Abimelech
Genesis 26:12-15 Isaac Sows, and is prosperous - The Phillistines stopped Abraham's wells- They envy Isaac
Genesis 26:16-19 King Abimelech Sends Isaac Away - He departs to valley of Gerar where he digs more wells
Genesis 26:20-23 The herdmen of Gerar strive with Isaac's herdmen claiming the wells until Isaac digs the well he named Rehoboth
Genesis 26:24-25 The Lord Appears to Bless him - Isaac builds an altar at Beersheba, and they dig another well
Genesis 26:26-31 Abimelech, Ahuzzath, Phichol - Oath To Isaac - A Covenant of Peace
Genesis 26:32-33 Isaac's servants find water at the well Shebah
Genesis 26:35-35 Esau takes Judith as a wife and Bashemath as a wife
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The Seed Of Abram/Abraham
Abraham And Bondwoman Hadar:(Sarai's Maid) Ishmael First Born Son
Genesis 21: 18-21 Ishmael's Brief History of Youth
[18] Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
[20] And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
[21] And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Ishmael Abraham's First Born Son And Wife From Egypt (Gen 21:21)
Nebajoth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Dadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah plus Bashemath, a daughter (Generation 17 from Adam)
Important Note: Nebajoth has a sister, documented in Genesis Chapter 28:9
Her name is Mahalath, and she also becomes one of Esau's Wives. And she is not listed above, as is his wife Bashemath.
Abram/Abraham and first wife Sarai's/Sarah: Issac (Generation 16 from Adam)
Issac Abraham's Son and Rebeka: Jacob and Esau (Generation 17) ( Genesis 24: 15 and 25:26 )
Abraham and third wife Ketura: Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Jokshan's Children: Sheba, and Dedan.(Generation 17 from Adam)
Dedan's Children: Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. (Generation 18 from Adam)
Midian's Children: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, Eldaah (Generation 17 from Adam)
From Genesis 24
REBEKAH'S FAMILY
Haran :Milcah and Iscah, Lot
Nahor and Milcah: (The Daughter Of Haran): Terah, Bethuel (Terah is Abraham's Father)
Bethuel: Rebekah, Laban
Terah: Abram, Nahor, Haran?
Abraham's Wives: Sarai/Sarah , Hadar, Ketura
THE NEW TESTAMENT
MATTHEW
Matthew Chapter 1-16 The Generations Of Jesus Christ, from Abraham, to David, to Jesus
Jesus Christ off Jacob through Judas (Judah 4th son of Jacob/Israel)
1: The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2: Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3: And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
4: And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
5: And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
6: And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
7: And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8: And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9: And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
10: And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
11: And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
12: And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
13: And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14: And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15: And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16: And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
THE NEW TESTAMENT
LUKE
Luke 3: 23-38 (The Family Tree of Jesus Christ – From God to Joseph)
23: And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
24: Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
25: Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
26: Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
27: Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
28: Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
29: Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
30: Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
31: Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
32: Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
33: Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
34: Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
35: Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
36: Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
37: Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
38: Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.