So Abram left Haran just like the Lord said. And Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
Hebrews 6:15 - Easy To Read Version Abraham waited patiently for this to happen. And later Abraham received what God promised. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And so it was that he [Abraham], having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained [in the birth of Isaac as a pledge of what was to come] what God had promised him. American Standard Version (1901) And thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Common English Bible So Abraham obtained the promise by showing patience. Catholic Public Domain Version And in this way, by enduring patiently, he secured the promise. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And so patiently enduring he obtained the promise. |
So Abram left Haran just like the Lord said. And Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran.
But the people of Israel had many children, and their number grew and grew. The people of Israel became strong, and the country of Egypt was filled with the Israelites.
You have had enough time that by now you should be teachers. But you need some person to teach you again the first lessons of God’s teaching. You still need the teaching that is like milk. You are not ready for solid food.
So Christ brings a new agreement {\cf2\super [108]} from God to his people. Christ brings this new agreement so that those people that are called by God can have the things that God promised. God’s people can have those things forever. They can have those things because Christ died to pay for the sins that people did under the first agreement. {\cf2\super [109]} Christ died to make people free from those sins.