​ QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

GENESIS 12​

​Genesis 12:1

The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.

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​Why did God choose Abram for his future plans?​
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Genesis 12:3

​I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.”

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God tells Abram that those who curse him will be cursed, so does that just apply to Abram, or is there more implied there?​
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If blessed, how does this square with all the suffering Jews have and do suffer?
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Genesis 12:4

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.

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Why had Abram taken his nephew Lot with him?​
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Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

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Why did Abram go to this tree?​
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​Genesis 12:7

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him.

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What was the significance to God appearing to Abram?​
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Genesis 12:12

When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

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Why would Abram be concerned when God has promised him many descendants?​
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Genesis 12:18

​So Pharaoh summoned Abram. “What have you done to me?” he said. “Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

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Why did Abram remain silent on the truth about Sarai?​
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How did the Pharaoh know that the disease was from the marriage, and how did he know Sarai was Abram’s wife?
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