How many people are there in your family?
Do you like to travel together?
How would you feel if you'd go to a strange place?
Raising Children!
Raising Children!
Genesis 11:10~32
Genesis 11:10~32
Genesis 11:31
Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.
1. When: After God confused the language of the world and scattered the people.
1. When: After God confused the language of the world and scattered the people.
2. Where: Ur of the Chaldeans (v.31)
2. Where: Ur of the Chaldeans (v.31)
3. Who: The descendants of Shem.
3. Who: The descendants of Shem.
4. What: Shem's descendants were born one generation after the next.
4. What: Shem's descendants were born one generation after the next.
5. Why: God blessed the people, Noah, and Shem.
5. Why: God blessed the people, Noah, and Shem.
Noah had a son named Shem, who once helped to cover his father with clothing in his embarrassing drunken situation, and was then blessed by his father. Shem had many children and grandchildren, they lived for hundreds of years and had a very long life. There was a very special person among Shem's descendants, his name was Abram. He was a very important character in the Bible, we must get to know him! God told Abram and his family to leave their hometown and go somewhere they had never been. Off, they went!
Noah had a son named Shem, who once helped to cover his father with clothing in his embarrassing drunken situation, and was then blessed by his father. Shem had many children and grandchildren, they lived for hundreds of years and had a very long life. There was a very special person among Shem's descendants, his name was Abram. He was a very important character in the Bible, we must get to know him! God told Abram and his family to leave their hometown and go somewhere they had never been. Off, they went!
Who went with Abram when he departed from Ur, his hometown?
Who went with Abram when he departed from Ur, his hometown?
Abram's father was _______, wife _______, nephew Lot.
Abram's father was _______, wife _______, nephew Lot.
In total, ______ people.
In total, ______ people.
1. When God created humans, he said he wanted them to be fruitful and multiply. Did they do it?
1. When God created humans, he said he wanted them to be fruitful and multiply. Did they do it?
2. How many years did Shem live on earth? How long can people live now?
2. How many years did Shem live on earth? How long can people live now?
1. Descendants
1. Descendants
2. Had sons and daughters
2. Had sons and daughters
God's plan for humans is to have sons and daughters and multiply the people on earth. If every human that was born become obedient and righteous people to God, the world will be a beautiful place.
God's plan for humans is to have sons and daughters and multiply the people on earth. If every human that was born become obedient and righteous people to God, the world will be a beautiful place.
Dear Heavenly Father, please prepare a good match for my marriage when I grow up, build a family, have sons and daughters, and have the whole family follow you like Abram's family did in your plan. In Jesus' Name, Amen!
Dear Heavenly Father, please prepare a good match for my marriage when I grow up, build a family, have sons and daughters, and have the whole family follow you like Abram's family did in your plan. In Jesus' Name, Amen!