God  tells Abram to look up at the stars              Photo: Lightstock 

God's Promise to Abram of Many Descendants (Genesis 15:1-5)

God tells Abram to look up at the stars and promises him countless descendants.

God's Promise To Bless Abram & Make Him The Father Of Many Nations (Genesis 17:1-27)

When they got to Shechem God appeared to Abram again and said:

"I will give this land to your descendants."

And so in spite of the fact that Sarai was unable to have children, Abram believed God's word to him and built an altar to worship God as the One True God.

Abram's Move To Egypt Because Of Famine & Attempt To Save His Own Skin

There was a famine in Canaan which forced Abram to move down to Egypt for grain. His wife Sarai was beautiful and Abram was understandably afraid that Pharoah, King of Egypt, would kill him so he could have Sarai. So he pretended that Sarai was his sister. When Pharoah found out, he sent Abram and Sarai away back to the Negev where Abram pitched his tents near Bethel (GENESIS 13:3).

Abraham & Lot Part Company (Genesis 13:5-18)

Quarreling broke out between Abraham's men and Lot's and so it was decided they would go separate ways - Lot chose the lush pastures to the east in Jordan while Abram moved to Hebron.Once again God promised to give Abram and his heirs all the land his eye could see north, south, east and west.