“Lesson 11: Abraham and Isaac,”

Primary 6: Old Testament, (1996),43

To help you understand that we

should trust Heavenly Father and

Jesus Christ completely..

Purpose

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How hard do you think

it would have been for

Heavenly Father and

Jesus Christ to create

our beautiful world and

everything in it?

Do you think they could

move a mountain or

change the direction of

a river if they wanted

to?

The Lord parted the waters of the Red Sea

to let Moses and the Israelites escape

from the Egyptian army.

He protected Daniel from a den of

lions.

He kept three

young men

from being

burned when

they were cast

into a fiery

furnace.

We will learn more

about these stories

later in the year.

These people

trusted in the Lord

and had faith that

his will would be

done. Their faith

was rewarded with

miracles.

We are going

to learn about

a time when

Abraham and

Sarah were

asked this

question.

Abraham and Sarah were sad

because they had no children.

Later God said Abraham and

Sarah would have a son. His

name would be Isaac. He would

serve God and obey his

commandments. Sarah was

ninety years old. She was too

old to have a baby. But God

said Sarah would have a baby.

Three wise men visited

Abraham and told him

Sarah would have a baby.

Sarah, who was standing in

the tent listening, laughed

when she heard this.

Sarah had a baby boy

named Isaac.

How did Abraham treat

the three wise men who

visited him?

What did these men tell

Abraham?

Why did Sarah laugh

when she heard what

they said?

Laugh in these verses

probably means to

rejoice.

See:

Genesis 18:3–

8

Genesis 18:10

Genesis

18:11–12

What important lesson

did the Lord teach

Abraham?

What can we learn

from this?

Anything is possible

if it is the Lord’s will.

See:

Genesis 18:14

What did Abraham and

Sarah name their son?

How old were Abraham

and Sarah when Isaac

was born?

How do you think

Abraham and Sarah felt

when they finally had a

baby after so many

years?

See: Genesis 21:3

Genesis 17:17

Genesis 21:6;

see the footnote

to Genesis 21:6

in the LDS

edition of the Bible

How did Abraham and Sarah

learn to have greater trust in the

Lord through this experience?

How can we develop more trust

in Heavenly Father and Jesus

Christ?

How can we show our trust in

them?

Situation:

When we pray.

When we come to

Primary.

When we are tempted

to do something

wrong.

Solution:

Ask that Heavenly

Father’s will be done.

Listen and learn.

Remember what Jesus

taught, and refuse to do

the wrong thing.

Enrichment Activity #3

When we think we

need our tithing

money for something

else.

When someone hurts

our feelings.

Pay tithing.

Be forgiving and show

love instead of anger.

Situation: Solution:

Enrichment Activity #3

When our friends want

us to play soccer or go

to a movie on the

Sabbath.

When it’s time to get

up for family scripture

reading and we are

still sleepy.

Keep the Sabbath day

holy.

Get up and read.

Solution: Situation:

Enrichment Activity #3

We have already received the great

blessing of having the gospel of Jesus

Christ.

Heavenly Father and Jesus have promised

us many more blessings if we trust in them

and live the gospel.

Each of you are going to take a turn

reading a blessing from this bag and we’ll discuss how we might gain that blessing.

Enrichment Activity #4

Blessings do not always come

immediately.

Some blessings may come years

later and some may not come while

we are on the earth.

I want you to each decide on

something you can do during the

coming week to show your trust in

Heavenly Father and Jesus.

Enrichment Activity #4

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What did God

command

Abraham to do?

Why did God

ask Abraham to

do such a

difficult thing?

See:

Genesis 22:2

Genesis 22:1;

see the footnote

to Genesis 22:1

in the LDS

edition of the

Bible. Tempt in

this case means

to test or prove.

What did Abraham do

when God told him to

take his son to Moriah

to sacrifice him?

Why would it have been

difficult for Abraham to

sacrifice Isaac?

Abraham was nearly

sacrificed himself, and

he knew human

sacrifice was wrong .

See: Genesis 22:3

Genesis

17:19

Abraham

1:7–8, 15

Why do you think

Abraham quickly

obeyed?

How does this show that

Abraham trusted

Heavenly Father?

How do you think

Abraham felt when

Isaac asked him where

the lamb was for the

sacrifice?

See: Genesis 22:7–

8

Genesis 22:12

Why did the Lord

send an angel to

stop Abraham

from killing his

son?

How do you think

Abraham felt

then?

What blessings did

the Lord promise

Abraham because of

his faithfulness?

Seed refers to

descendants or

children. All those

who have been

baptized become the

“seed” of Abraham.

See:

Genesis

22:16–18

One reason Abraham was asked to sacrifice

his son was to teach about the atoning

sacrifice of Jesus Christ (see Jacob 4:5).

Why was it necessary that Heavenly

Father’s Son not be saved from his

sacrifice?

There are several similarities between

Heavenly Father sending Jesus Christ to

earth to be sacrificed and the near-sacrifice

of Isaac by Abraham.

The near-sacrifice of Isaac

by Abraham:

Heavenly Father sending

Jesus Christ to earth to be

sacrificed:

Enrichment Activity #1

a. Jesus Christ is Heavenly

Father’s Only Begotten Son in

the flesh (Heavenly Father is the

father of Jesus’ spirit and body).

b. Heavenly Father loves Jesus.

c. Jesus was obedient to his

Father.

d. Heavenly Father provided

Jesus, the Lamb of God, for a

sacrifice for us.

a. Isaac was the only son of

Abraham and Sarah.

b. Abraham loved Isaac.

c. Abraham was obedient to

Heavenly Father. Isaac

was obedient to his father.

d. The Lord provided a ram

for Abraham’s sacrifice.

How does Abraham’s near-

sacrifice of Isaac help you

better understand Heavenly

Father’s love for you in

sacrificing his Son?

What does the sacrifice that

Heavenly Father and Jesus

Christ made mean to you?

How does this help you

have greater trust in what

Heavenly Father and Jesus

ask us to do?

5 Trust in the Lord with

all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways

acknowledge him, and

he shall direct thy paths.

Enrichment Activity #2

Here is a

bookmark to help

you memorize this

scripture.

Show it to your

families and

discuss its

meaning with

them.

Challenge them to memorize it, too!

Enrichment Activity #2

5 Trust in

the Lord with all

thine heart; and

lean not unto

thine own

understanding.

6 In all thy ways

acknowledge

him, and he shall direct thy

paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

How could the Father tell the world of love and tenderness?

He sent his Son, a newborn babe, with peace and holiness.

How could the Father show the world the pathway we should

go?

He sent his Son to walk with men on earth, that we may

know.

How could the Father tell the world of sacrifice, of death?

He sent his Son to die for us and rise with living breath.

What does the Father ask of us? What do the scriptures say?

Have faith, have hope, live like his Son, help others on their

way.

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Enrichment Activity #5

I am very thankful

for the sacrifices

Heavenly Father and

Jesus Christ made

for all of us. I bear

my testimony that

when we trust in

them and obey their

commandments, we

will be blessed.

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God wanted to know if

Abraham would obey him.

God told him to sacrifice

Isaac on a mountain.

Abraham loved his son very

much. He did not want to

sacrifice Isaac. But

Abraham wanted to obey

God.

God told Abraham to go to

a mountain. He took Isaac

and two men with him.

Abraham and Isaac rode

on a donkey. They traveled

for three days.

The two men stayed with

the donkey. Abraham and

Isaac walked up the

mountain. Abraham took a

knife. Isaac took some

wood.

Isaac asked where the

lamb was for the

sacrifice. Abraham told

him God would provide

Himself a lamb.

Abraham built an altar.

He put wood on it.

Abraham tied Isaac and

put him on the altar. He

held the knife over Isaac.

Abraham was ready to

sacrifice his son.

But an angel spoke to

Abraham. He told

Abraham not to sacrifice

Isaac. Abraham had

obeyed God. God loved

Abraham.

Abraham looked

around. He saw a

ram in the bushes.

God had given the

ram for the

sacrifice. Abraham

sacrificed the ram

on the altar.

God was happy

Abraham had obeyed

him. God said he

would bless

Abraham’s family.

Abraham and Isaac

went home. Abraham

had obeyed God. He

was willing to let his

son die.

What Abraham

did was like

what Heavenly

Father did.

Heavenly Father

was willing to

let his son, Jesus

Christ, die for

us.

Heavenly Father and Abraham loved their

sons. Jesus and Isaac loved their fathers and

obeyed them.

Genesis 18:3–8

3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found

favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray

thee, from thy servant:

4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched,

and wash your feet, and rest yourselves

under the tree:

Genesis 18:3–8

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and

comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall

pass on: for therefore are ye come to your

servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast

said.

6 And Abraham hastened into the tent

unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly

three measures of fine meal, knead it, and

make cakes upon the hearth.

Genesis 18:3–8

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and

fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it

unto a young man; and he hasted to dress

it.

8 And he took butter, and milk, and the

calf which he had dressed, and set it before

them; and he stood by them under the tree,

and they did eat.

Genesis 18:10

10 And he said, I will certainly return unto

thee according to the time of life; and, lo,

Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah

heard it in the tent door, which was behind

him.

Genesis 18:11–12

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and

well stricken in age; and it ceased to be

with Sarah after the manner of women.

12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,

saying, After I am waxed old shall I have

pleasure, my lord being old also?

Genesis 18:14

14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At

the time appointed I will return unto thee,

according to the time of life, and Sarah

shall have a son.

Genesis 21:3.

3 And Abraham called the name of his son

that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare

to him, Isaac.

Genesis 17:17

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and

laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child

be born unto him that is an hundred years

old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years

old, bear?

Genesis 21:6

6 ¶And Sarah said, God hath made me to

laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with

me.

Genesis 22:2

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine

only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get

thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him

there for a burnt offering upon one of the

mountains which I will tell thee of.

Genesis 22:1

1 And it came to pass after these things,

that God did tempt Abraham, and said

unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold,

here I am.

Genesis 22:3

3 ¶And Abraham rose up early in the

morning, and saddled his ass, and took two

of his young men with him, and Isaac his

son, and clave the wood for the burnt

offering, and rose up, and went unto the

place of which God had told him.

Genesis 17:19

19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear

thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his

name Isaac: and I will establish my

covenant with him for an everlasting

covenant, and with his seed after him.

Abraham 1:7–8, 15

7 Therefore they turned their hearts to the

sacrifice of the heathen in offering up their

children unto these dumb idols, and

hearkened not unto my voice, but

endeavored to take away my life by the

hand of the priest of Elkenah. The priest

of Elkenah was also the priest of Pharaoh.

Abraham 1:7–8, 15

8 Now, at this time it was the custom of

the priest of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to

offer up upon the altar which was built in

the land of Chaldea, for the offering unto

these strange gods, men, women, and

children.

Abraham 1:7–8, 15

15 And as they lifted up their hands upon

me, that they might offer me up and take

away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice

unto the Lord my God, and the Lord

hearkened and heard, and he filled me with

the vision of the Almighty, and the angel

of his presence stood by me, and

immediately unloosed my bands;

Genesis 22:7–8

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his

father, and said, My father: and he said,

Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold

the fire and the wood: but where is the

lamb for a burnt offering?

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will

provide himself a lamb for a burnt

offering: so they went both of them

together.

Genesis 22:12

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon

the lad, neither do thou any thing unto

him: for now I know that thou fearest

God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy

son, thine only son from me.

Genesis 22:16–18

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith

the Lord, for because thou hast done this

thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine

only son:

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in

multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the

stars of the heaven, and as the sand which

is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall

possess the gate of his enemies;

Genesis 22:16–18

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of

the earth be blessed; because thou hast

obeyed my voice.

Jacob 4:5

5 Behold, they believed in Christ and

worshiped the Father in his name, and also

we worship the Father in his name. And

for this intent we keep the law of Moses, it

pointing our souls to him;

Jacob 4:5

and for this cause it is sanctified unto us

for righteousness, even as it was accounted

unto Abraham in the wilderness to be

obedient unto the commands of God in

offering up his son Isaac, which is a

similitude of God and his Only Begotten

Son.