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Genesis 18 - Summary

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Three visitors appear to Abraham at Mamre, one of whom is the Lord, and receive generous hospitality while confirming that Sarah will bear a son within a year. Sarah laughs in disbelief at the promise given her advanced age, prompting the Lord's question whether anything is too hard for God. Abraham intercedes for Sodom, progressively negotiating with God from fifty to ten righteous persons as the threshold for sparing the city from destruction.

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CreationChapters 1-2
The Fall and Its AftermathChapters 3-5
The FloodChapters 6-9
The Nations and BabelChapters 10-11
AbrahamChapters 12-25

God calls Abram from Ur, promising to make him a great nation and bless all peoples through him. Abraham journeys to Canaan, receives the covenant of circumcision, intercedes for Sodom, and demonstrates supreme faith by offering Isaac. Sarah dies and Abraham secures a wife for Isaac.

Isaac and JacobChapters 25-36
JosephChapters 37-50

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The oldest man died the very year of the Flood

Add up the ages in Genesis 5: Methuselah, who lived 969 years, the longest life recorded, dies in the very year the Flood arrives. His name is even sometimes read as 'his death shall bring it.' The genealogy is quietly counting down to the great judgement.

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