When the human population began to grow rapidly on earth, the sons of God saw the beautiful women of the human race and took any they wanted as their wives. Then the LORD said, My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In future, they will live no more than 120 years. In those days, and even afterward, giants lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with human women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes mentioned in legends of old. Genesis 6:1-7
Gods reaction
Covenant
Abraham
Then the LORD told him, Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtle dove, and a young pigeon. Abram took all these and killed them. He cut each one down the middle and laid the halves side by side. He did not, however, divide the birds in half. Some vultures come down to eat the carcasses, but Abraham chased them away. That evening, as the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep. He saw a terrifying vision of darkness and horror. | The LORD told Abram, you can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, and they will be oppressed as slaves for four hundred years. But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and in the end they will come away with great wealth. (But you will die in peace, at a ripe old age). After four generation your descendents will retun here to this land, when the sin of the Amorites has run its course. As the sun went down and it become dark Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses. | So the lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, I have given this land to your descendents, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Henizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites
Lot saved by sacrifices
...One day about noon, as Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent, he suddenly noticed three men standing nearby. He got up and ran to meet them welcoming them by bowing low to the ground. My lord, he said, if it pleases you, stop here for a while. Rest in the shade of this tree while my servants get some water to wash your feet. Let me prepare some food to refresh you please stay a while before continuing on your journey. | All right, they said. Do as you have said. So Abraham ran back to the tent and said to Sarah, Quick! Get three measures of your best flour, and bake some bread. Then Abraham ran out to the herd and chose a fat calf and told a servant to hurry and butcher it. When the food was ready, he took some cheese curds and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men. As they ate, Abraham waited on them there beneath the trees.
Where is Sarah, your wife? they asked him. In the tent Abraham replied. Then one of them said, About this time next year I will return, and your wife Sarah will have a son...and the men got up from their meal and started on toward Sodom. Abraham went with them part of the way. Should I hide my plan from Abraham? the Lord asked. For Abraham will become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the LORD and do what is right and just. Then I will do for him all that I have promised. | So the LORD told Abraham, I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are extremely evil, and that everything they do is wicked,. I am going down to see whether or not these reports are true. Then I will know. The two other men went on toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham for a while. Abraham approached his and said Will you destroy both innocent and guilty alike?
Where is Sarah, your wife? they asked him. In the tent Abraham replied. Then one of them said, About this time next year I will return, and your wife Sarah will have a son...and the men got up from their meal and started on toward Sodom. Abraham went with them part of the way. Should I hide my plan from Abraham? the Lord asked. For Abraham will become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the LORD and do what is right and just. Then I will do for him all that I have promised. | So the LORD told Abraham, I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are extremely evil, and that everything they do is wicked,. I am going down to see whether or not these reports are true. Then I will know. The two other men went on toward Sodom, but the LORD remained with Abraham for a while. Abraham approached his and said Will you destroy both innocent and guilty alike?
Chapter Two | Sacrifice your only
Later on God tested Abrahams faith and obedience. Abraham! God called; Yes; he replied, Here I am; Take your son, your only son - yes, Isaac, whom you love so much and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will point out to you;