26 Bible Verses about Abraham, Testing And Victory

Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives.

When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he mobilized his 318 trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders as far as Dan.

Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance."

Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty.

At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

Then Sarai said to Abram, "You have brought this wrong on me! I allowed my servant to have sexual relations with you, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the Lord judge between you and me!"

When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.

Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

Then God said to Abraham, "As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.)

Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord.

So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham's request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in.

Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,

The Lord visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian -- the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham -- mocking.

At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do.

Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied.

After these things Abraham was told, "Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor --

Sarah lived 127 years.

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.

Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah.