Abraham

Nod y wers:

• To consider who you trust.

• To know why Abraham is important to the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith.

Who do you trust?Think about who you trust and why?

Complete the worksheet and then stick it in your book.

Abraham was the first person to put all his trust into one God. God told him to move to another country and in return he would have a child. Abraham and Sarah had never been able to have children.

Genesis 12:4

And Abram left as Yahweh told him to.  Abram was 75 years old when he left Haran, taking with him his wife Sarah, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated in Haran, and all the people they had acquired.

Genesis 21:2-3

Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age. Abraham named the son born to him Isaac, the son to whom Sarah had given birth.

Genesis 22:1It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham.

List all the ways that you have been tested.

Abraham’s testWatch a group of Jewish teenagers telling the story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac to prove his trust in God.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/abraham-and-isaac/3662.html

Genesis 25:7

The number of years Abraham lived was a hundred and seventy-five.

Have we met our objectives?

• To consider who you trust.

• To know why Abraham is important to the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith.