Tara Lee Cobble

Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. If you never got around to listening to our six prep episodes before you started this trip through TBR, let me encourage you to do that today. You can listen to all six episodes in about an hour, and they will really help make sure you do this well and that you don't lose momentum. Okay, we're back to Genesis now.

Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. If you never got around to listening to our six prep episodes before you started this trip through TBR, let me encourage you to do that today. You can listen to all six episodes in about an hour, and they will really help make sure you do this well and that you don't lose momentum. Okay, we're back to Genesis now.

When we were last here, before we dropped in on Job, a man named Abram had just been born through the bloodline of Adam and Noah via Noah's son Shem. According to the timeline Genesis marks out, Abram was born almost 2,000 years after Adam, but only about 300 years after the flood. And just like Adam and Noah before him, God continues his unique relationship with this family through Abram.

When we were last here, before we dropped in on Job, a man named Abram had just been born through the bloodline of Adam and Noah via Noah's son Shem. According to the timeline Genesis marks out, Abram was born almost 2,000 years after Adam, but only about 300 years after the flood. And just like Adam and Noah before him, God continues his unique relationship with this family through Abram.

When we were last here, before we dropped in on Job, a man named Abram had just been born through the bloodline of Adam and Noah via Noah's son Shem. According to the timeline Genesis marks out, Abram was born almost 2,000 years after Adam, but only about 300 years after the flood. And just like Adam and Noah before him, God continues his unique relationship with this family through Abram.

In 12.3, God tells Abram that he's going to bless him so that he may be a blessing. That blessing doesn't terminate on Abram. It's ultimately about way more than him. It's about how the Messiah will be born through his bloodline someday through this family, which is a blessing to all the families of the earth. But this is way over Abram's head at this point.

In 12.3, God tells Abram that he's going to bless him so that he may be a blessing. That blessing doesn't terminate on Abram. It's ultimately about way more than him. It's about how the Messiah will be born through his bloodline someday through this family, which is a blessing to all the families of the earth. But this is way over Abram's head at this point.

In 12.3, God tells Abram that he's going to bless him so that he may be a blessing. That blessing doesn't terminate on Abram. It's ultimately about way more than him. It's about how the Messiah will be born through his bloodline someday through this family, which is a blessing to all the families of the earth. But this is way over Abram's head at this point.

Initially, God just promises to bless him with land and possessions. But there's one problem. The land God promises him is currently inhabited by the Canaanites. We talked about them on day three. They're the group of people who are generally regarded as enemies of God.

Initially, God just promises to bless him with land and possessions. But there's one problem. The land God promises him is currently inhabited by the Canaanites. We talked about them on day three. They're the group of people who are generally regarded as enemies of God.

Initially, God just promises to bless him with land and possessions. But there's one problem. The land God promises him is currently inhabited by the Canaanites. We talked about them on day three. They're the group of people who are generally regarded as enemies of God.

There's a famine in the land at the time, so Abram and his wife Sarai move to a different place, Egypt, and Abram's nephew Lot goes with them, as well as their servants and animals and possessions. There's some weird stuff that happens where Abram is afraid of the Egyptian Pharaoh, who thinks he's going to steal Sarai and kill him.

There's a famine in the land at the time, so Abram and his wife Sarai move to a different place, Egypt, and Abram's nephew Lot goes with them, as well as their servants and animals and possessions. There's some weird stuff that happens where Abram is afraid of the Egyptian Pharaoh, who thinks he's going to steal Sarai and kill him.

There's a famine in the land at the time, so Abram and his wife Sarai move to a different place, Egypt, and Abram's nephew Lot goes with them, as well as their servants and animals and possessions. There's some weird stuff that happens where Abram is afraid of the Egyptian Pharaoh, who thinks he's going to steal Sarai and kill him.

So Abram convinces Sarai to pretend to be his sister, which she sort of is. She's his half-sister. And Pharaoh did kidnap Sarai, as Abram feared. And she's basically made to be part of his harem of wives. God is not okay with that. And he has big plans for Sarai. So he brings the truth to light via some classic plagues in order to get Sarai released.

So Abram convinces Sarai to pretend to be his sister, which she sort of is. She's his half-sister. And Pharaoh did kidnap Sarai, as Abram feared. And she's basically made to be part of his harem of wives. God is not okay with that. And he has big plans for Sarai. So he brings the truth to light via some classic plagues in order to get Sarai released.

So Abram convinces Sarai to pretend to be his sister, which she sort of is. She's his half-sister. And Pharaoh did kidnap Sarai, as Abram feared. And she's basically made to be part of his harem of wives. God is not okay with that. And he has big plans for Sarai. So he brings the truth to light via some classic plagues in order to get Sarai released.

Mind you, she's about 65 years old at this point, so she must be a stunner. After they leave Egypt, they go to the Negev, which is a desert region. God has blessed them so much, and they have so much stuff, that it can't all fit in the desert. Though to be fair, I guess there would be stiff competition for the tiny patches of grass to feed their livestock. Whatever.

Mind you, she's about 65 years old at this point, so she must be a stunner. After they leave Egypt, they go to the Negev, which is a desert region. God has blessed them so much, and they have so much stuff, that it can't all fit in the desert. Though to be fair, I guess there would be stiff competition for the tiny patches of grass to feed their livestock. Whatever.

Mind you, she's about 65 years old at this point, so she must be a stunner. After they leave Egypt, they go to the Negev, which is a desert region. God has blessed them so much, and they have so much stuff, that it can't all fit in the desert. Though to be fair, I guess there would be stiff competition for the tiny patches of grass to feed their livestock. Whatever.