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Abraham Trusts God

Abraham Trusts God: a short retelling of the Bible story from Genesis 12 for children, with questions, a memory verse and an activity.

God told Abram to leave his country and go to a land he did not know, with the promise that he would become the father of a great nation. Abram, who was old and had no children, trusted God, took his wife Sarai and went. God changed their names to Abraham and Sarah, and when Abraham was a hundred years old, their son Isaac was born.

Read it in the Bible

This story is in Genesis chapter 12 of the Bible.

A verse to remember

Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 12:1, World English Bible

Questions to talk about

  1. Where did God tell Abraham to go?
  2. What did God promise Abraham?
  3. When is it hard to trust and wait?

An activity

Pack a small bag as if you were going on a journey with no map. What would you take? Why?

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Where is this story in the Bible?

Genesis, chapter 12.

The stories are simple retellings for children and are not a substitute for reading the Bible. Churches teach the stories in different ways; adapt to your own tradition.