Adriana Colin
BIBL410 – B09
Liberty University Online
Abrahamic Covenant Chart

A covenant is an agreement made between two parties and in the Abrahamic Covenant is perhaps one of the biggest covenants recorded in the Old Testament. The Abrahamic Covenant was seen throughout Abraham’s life and throughout the lives of Abraham’s descendants. The covenant between God and Abraham can be seen in Genesis 12:1-3 where it states the following, “The Lord has said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and I will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
The following chart depicts the covenant made between God and Abraham. It shows how the covenant was seen through Abrahams’ life and through the lives of his descendants. The first column states the verse – this verse is the reference to the covenant. The second column states who it was addressed to, the next column shows the circumstance under it was reiterated. The fourth column depicts the ingredient used to show the covenant. The fifth column shows how what happened in the verses stated developed the book of Genesis and the final column states any change or emphasis that was made.

Reference: | Addressed To: | Circumstance Under Which it was Reiterated: | Ingredients: | Development in the Book of Genesis: | Any Change in Content or Emphasis: | Genesis 12:1 | Abram | God told Abram to leave the land of his fathers and go to the land that God will show him. | Abram moved from Haran to Canaan – the land. | The beginning of the call to Abram from God. | God asked Abram to leave his land – leaving was an act of faith. | Genesis 12:2 | Abram | God’s call for Abram to move of faith. God tells Abram that he would make him a father of a great nation. | Gods promise of a blessing and a seed. | Abram’s first call. | “I will bless you.” | Genesis 12:3 | Abram | Again, God calls for Abram to move on faith. | God’s promise of a blessing. | Development from Genesis 12:1-2. | God’s emphasis on who will be cursed and blessed. | Genesis 12:7 | Abram | Abram is in Canaan and God appears to him. | God’s promise of the land but that this land will be given to his offspring. | Development of the promise of the land. | God emphasizes on the promise of the land that it will be given to Abram’s offspring. | Genesis 13:14 – 17 | Abram | Abram and Lot were figuring out where they would settle in the land in which they just arrived at. | Abram affirms Gods promise of the land. | Lot distances himself from Abram and God’s promise. | God emphasizes that Abram’s descendants would be a large amount like dust in ground. | Genesis 13:18 | Abram | Abram settles in Hebron, away from Lot. | The land of Hebron. | Abram makes an altar for the Lord. | The fulfillment of the promise of land by God. | Genesis 14: 1 -16 | Abram | The battles of the eastern kings. | The blessing. | The display of Abram’s continuous faith by acting in war against the kings. | God blesses Abram – thus fulfilling the promise of a blessing. | Genesis 14:19 | Abram / Melchizedek | The eastern kings are defeated. | A blessing to Abram. | The fulfillment of the blessing as promised from God. | There is an emphasis on the fulfillment of the promise made by God. | Genesis 15:1 | Abram | Abram begins to doubt God’s ability to fulfill the promise. | The promise is at risk. | God assures Abram through a vision. | God will indeed fulfill the promises that he had promised Abram. | Genesis 15:2-4 | Abram | Abram begins to question the Lord. | Covenant | Abram continues to doubt the Lord. | God reassures the promises made to Abram. | Genesis 15:5 | Abram | Abram fears that he will have no heir. | The descendants of Abram. | God tells Abram that the number of his descendants will be like counting the stars. | God promises that he will fulfill the promises made to Abram. | Genesis 15:6 | Abram | Abram displays his complete faith to God. | Covenant | Abram believes in God and his promises. | The covenant is affirmed. | Genesis 15:13-21 | Abram | God tells Abram the future of his descendants and the land. | The descendants of Abram and the land. | God foretells the future that is stated later on in the Bible. | Specifies that a punishment will be given to those who enslaved Abram’s descendants and the borders of the land. | Genesis 16:2 | To Abram from Sarai | Sarai has not bore any children to Abram so she is concerned with the lack of offspring. | The descendants of Abram | Abram and Sarai are trying to take that promise of a seed into their own hands. | Abram does not wait for the fulfillment of the promise of a seed as told by God. | Genesis 16:10 - 12 | Ishmael | Ishmael and his mother Hagar are driven away by Sarai. | Descendants | God promises that Ishmael will have land and descendants like Abram. | The promise originally given to Abram is not changed but a promise to Ishmael is stated. | Genesis 17: 1-15 | Abraham and Sarah (it should be noted that Abram and Sarai names are changed) | God restates the promise made to Abraham. | Covenant | God asks Abraham to keep the covenant (obedience). | Circumcision is added to the covenant. | Genesis 17:16-21 | Abraham | Abraham doubts God once again. | Descendants of Abraham and Ishmael. | God names the son of Abraham and Sarah Isaac and names him as the heir to Abraham. | God emphasizes on the covenant being established through Isaac. | Genesis 18:10 -15 | Sarah | Sarah hears the promise from God. | Descendants | Sarah hears the promise for Abraham from God directly. | God emphasizes on the birth of Isaac by Sarah. | Genesis 18: 16 - 33 | Lot | Abraham pleads with God to save Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot. | Safety | Abraham asks God to save the righteous people from the cities. | Abraham blesses Lot – Lot is then saved from the city. | Genesis 19:1 -29 | Lot | God saves Lot and his family from Sodom which is being destroyed. | Safety | Requested by Abraham to save Lot he is saved and is shown to be righteous. | Emphasis on safety. | Genesis 20:1-18 | Abraham | Abraham encounters Abimelech. | Safety | The covenant is threatened – Abraham pretends that Sarah is his sister. | God intervenes and helps Abraham. God also secures the covenant. | Genesis 21:1 -7 | Sarah and Abraham | Isaac is born. | Descendants of Abraham. | The promise to Abraham and Sarah of a seed is fulfilled with the birth of Isaac. | A fulfilled promise made from God – the seed. | Genesis 21: 12-13 | Abraham | Because of the attitude given to Isaac, Hagar and Ishmael was sent away by Abraham. | The descendants of Abraham. | Hagar and Ishmael are sent away. | God restates his promise to care for Ishmael and his descendants. | Genesis 21:22-33 | Abraham by Abimelek | Abimelech realizes that Abraham is indeed blessed by God and wants peace with him. | The land of Abraham. | The plan of God for Abraham is known to those in the land. | The fulfillment of God’s promise of safety and land is made. | Genesis 22:1 -14 | Abraham | The obedience of Abraham is tested by God by commanding Abraham to sacrifice is son Isaac. | The covenant. | God reiterates that Isaac is the fulfillment of the promise of a seed and heir of Abraham by stopping the sacrifice. | The original covenant is affirmed. | Genesis 22:15 - 19 | Abraham | An angel of the Lord calls to Abraham and tells him of a blessing because of his obedience. | The blessing and the descendants | God promises because Abraham was obedient the descendants of Abraham will be as many as grains of sand on the seashore. | The reaffirming of the covenant. | Genesis 22:20-24 | Abraham | The account of the genealogy of Nahor. | The descendants. | The change of the headship of the patriarch from Abraham to Isaac. | Isaac is now moved to the headship of the patriarch. | Genesis 24:1- 8 | Abraham and Isaac | Abraham asks a servant of his to search for a wife for Isaac. | The descendants. | The wife of Isaac is to be from the land of Abraham. | God had promised descendants from the line of Isaac. | Genesis 24: 9-27 | Abraham’s servant and Isaac | The servant of Abraham finds a wife for Isaac through a sign of God. | The descendants. | The wife of Isaac is found through a girl named Rebekah. | Because of the future marriage of Rebekah and Isaac the promise of descendants through Isaac will be fulfilled. | Genesis 25:5-11 | Abraham and Isaac | Abraham dies and is buried in the same cave as Sarah. | Blessing of the land. | Everything that belonged to Abraham is given to Isaac. | Isaac is blessed with the blessing of his father, Abraham. | Genesis 25:13-17 | Ishmael | The account of the sons of Ishmael. | The descendants. | The promise of Ishmael is shown to be fulfilled – through his offspring. | The offspring of Ishmael will continue however they lived in hostility towards all other tribes related to them. | Genesis 25:19-26 | Isaac and Rebekah | Isaac prayed on behalf of his wife for children since they had none. | Descendants of Isaac. | Twin boys would be born and through these boys two nations would also be born. The eldest serving the youngest. | Fulfillment of the promise of descendants of Isaac. | Genesis 25:29-34 | Jacob from Esau | Esau gives his birthright to Jacob in exchange for some food. | Blessing | Esau trades his birthright (since he is the first born son) for food. | The promise that God stated to Rebekah that the eldest would serve the youngest. | Genesis 26: 1-5 | Isaac | A famine struck through the land where Isaac was and he had to move to Gerar. | Descendants and the land. | Isaac gets the blessing of his father because Abraham obeyed God. | It is stated that Isaac gets the blessing because of his father. | Genesis 26:17- 25 | Isaac | Isaac goes to Beersheba. | Descendants and a blessing. | God gives Isaac a blessing and a promise of descendants. | God made this promise for the sake of Abraham. | Genesis 26:28- 29 | Isaac from Abimelech | Abimelech realizes that Isaac is blessed by God and therefore wants peace with Isaac. | Blessing and safety. | This account is similar to what happened to his father, Abraham. | The promise made to Isaac concerning land and safety is fulfilled. | Genesis 27:27- 29 | Jacob from Isaac | Isaac is tricked by Jacob to make him believe that he Esau and Isaac gives the blessing to Jacob. | Blessing | The covenant is continued by the blessing given to Jacob. | This fulfills the promise that God gave to Rebekah stating that the older would serve the younger. | Genesis 28:1 -4 | Jacob from Isaac | Isaac tells Jacob to not marry a woman from Canaan, but from the land of his mother. Jacob runs away because of fear from what he did to Esau. | Descendants and safety. | Jacob is now the heir of the covenant and receives the promises of God. | The covenant will now go through Jacob and not Esau. | Genesis 28:10- 22 | Jacob | Jacob has a dream from God giving him a promise. | Descendants and the land. | God tells Jacob that the land in which he is laying on will be the land of his descendants. | A promise is made that shows that Jacob will have descendants and land. | Genesis 29:31 – 30:1-24 | Jacob | The details of the descendants of Jacob are given. | Descendants. | Jacob has twelve children. | Covenant will now be transferred to the children of Jacob. | Genesis 30:29-30 | Laban | Jacob recognizes how through him working for Laban it has blessed Laban. | Blessing. | Jacob working for Laban has blessed Laban. | Those who bless Jacob are blessed by God. | Genesis 31:23-24 | Jacob | Jacob leaves with his family from Laban. | Safety | Jacob flees from Laban and returns to the promised land. | God intervenes and tells Laban not to say anything good or bad to Jacob. This helped with the safety of Jacob and his family. | Genesis 32:28-29 | Jacob/Israel | Jacob wrestles with a supernatural being, possibly God or an angel. | A covenant blessing. | Jacob wrestles with this supernatural being and receives a blessing. | The name of Jacob is changed to Israel. | Genesis 35:10-14 | Jacob/Israel | Jacob’s name is changed to Israel. A promise is made to Israel’s descendants and that nations will be made from them. | The descendants and the land. | A promise of a community of nations will be made from the descendants of Israel (Jacob). | The covenant is reaffirmed. | Genesis 37:23-39:23 | Joseph | Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers. While there he becomes a slave to Potiphar. Potiphar’s wife accuses Joseph of trying to rape her and he sent to jail. | Blessings | Joseph is blessed with a gift to interpret dreams. God never left Joseph side even when he was a slave or when he went to jail. | God protects Joseph and never leaves his side. | Genesis 41:9-49 | Joseph | While in jail Joseph interpreted dreams of a baker. This baker is released from jail and later Pharaoh is having dreams that disturb him. The baker tells Pharaoh of Joseph. | Blessing and Safety | Joseph interprets the dream as foretelling the future famine that is to come. Joseph is put in charge of Egypt. | God continues to keep Joseph safe. | Genesis 46:1-29 | Israel | Jacob sets out to Egypt to join his son Joseph who he has not seen in a while. There is also an account of the descendants of Israel (Jacob). | Descendants | The descendants of Israel are stated, showing the God fulfilled his promise to Israel. | The promise of descendants to Israel is fulfilled. | Genesis 48:15-20 | Israel’s children | Israel dies and gives a blessing to his children before he passes away. | Blessing | The covenant is passed on to the children of Israel. | By Israel blessing his children the promise of God is passed on to the descendants of Israel and their children. | Genesis 49:28-33 | Descendants of Israel | Israel passes away and is buried in Canaan. | The land. | Israel is laid to rest in the same place as Abraham, Isaac and Sarah. | The affirmation of the promise of the land is given. | Genesis 50:22-26 | Joseph and the descendants of Israel | Joseph passes away and is buried in Canaan. | The land. | Joseph is buried with his father and before he dies he tells his brothers that God will surely come to their aid. | Joseph affirms God’s promise of the land. |