# Day 10

# God Appears to Abraham

Genesis 12:1–13:18

Once there was a city called Ur. God appeared to a man who lived there named Abraham. “Leave this place,” God said. “Go to the land I will show you.” And God made a promise to Abraham: “I will make your family a great people. I will bless you and make your name great. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.”

Abraham left Ur with his family. Together, they traveled over hills and rivers to a land called Canaan. They camped by a big oak tree at Moreh. There God appeared to Abraham again. “I will give this land to all your children,” he said. Abraham built an altar and worshiped God.

Traveling with Abraham was his nephew, Lot. They went many places together in Canaan. At Bethel, Lot’s shepherds and Abraham’s shepherds were fighting. So Abraham invited Lot to choose another place to live. Near the Jordan River was a place called Sodom. Lot chose to live there. He thought it looked like the garden of God. But the people in Sodom were wicked and hated God.

Abraham lived in Canaan, the land God had promised to him.

Questions: What did God promise to Abraham? What did Abraham do when he got to Canaan?