Bible Stories 13

Story 13

Abraham—A Friend of God

One of the places where people went to live after the Flood was called Ur It became an important city with some nice homes in it. But the people there worshiped false gods. That was the way they did in Ba'bel too. The people in Ur and Ba'bel were not like Noah and his son Shem, who kept on serving the Lord.

Finally, 350 years after the flood, Noah died faithful. It was just two years later that the man you see in this picture was born. He was a very special person to God. His name was Abraham. He lived with his family in that city of Ur

One day the Lord told Abraham: 'Leave Ur and your relatives, and go to a country I will show you. "Did Abraham obey God and leave behind all the comforts of Ur? Yes, he did. And it was always Obeye Abraham Because God that I came to be known as God's friend.

Some of Abraham's family went along with him when he left Ur Te'rah His father did. So did his nephew Lot. And, of course, Abraham's wife Sarah went too. In time they all arrived at a place called Ha'ran, where Te'rah died. They were far away from Ur

After a while Abraham and his household Ha'ran left and came to the land called Ca'na. There the Lord said: 'This is the land that I will give to your children.' Abraham stayed in Ca'na and lived in tents.

Abraham God began to help so that I came to have great flocks of sheep and other animals and hundreds of servants. But he and Sarah did not have any children of their own.

When Abraham was 99 years old, the LORD said: 'I promise that you will become father to many nations of people. "But how could this happen, since Abraham and Sarah were now too old to have a child?

Genesis 11:27-32, 12:1-7, 17:1-8, 15-17; 18:9-19.

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