FAVORITE SON: CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 4:1-11,16
[1]Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.”
[2]Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
[3]And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord.
[4]Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering,
[5]but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
[6]So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
[7]If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”
[8]Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
[9]Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
[10]And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
[11]So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
[16]Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.
1 John 3:11-12
[11]For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,
[12]not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
FAVORITE SON: ISHMAEL & ISAAC
Genesis 16:16
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis 17:18,20,25-26
[18]And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”
[20]And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.
[25]And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
[26]That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son Ishmael.
Genesis 25:1-2,5-6,8-9,11-13
[1]Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
[2]And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
[5]And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.
[6]But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east. Abraham’s Death and Burial
[8]Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
[9]And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
[11]And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi. The Families of Ishmael and Isaac
[12]Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
[13]And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam.
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