God Promises a son to Sarah

This lesson is taken from Genesis 18:1-15 and Genesis 21:1-7

The Lord appeared again to Abraham near an oak grove.  One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day.  When he looked up, he noticed 3 men standing nearby.  He ran to them to greet them and to welcome them to his camp. When he got to the men he bowed low to the ground.  Abraham said, “My Lord, if it pleases you, stop here for a while, and rest in the shade of this tree while water is brought to wash your feet.  And since you have honored your servant with this visit, let me prepare some food for you, before you continue on your journey.”  They agreed, so Abraham ran back to the tent and said to Sarah, “ Hurry!  Get 3 large measures of your best flour, mix it into dough, and bake some bread.”  Then Abraham ran out to the herd and he chose a tender calf and gave it to his servant, who quickly prepared it.  When the food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men.  As they ate, Abraham waited on them in the shade of the trees.

“Where is Sarah, your wife?  The visitors asked.  Abraham told them that Sarah was in the tent.  Then one of them said, “I will return to see you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!”

Sarah was listening to them talk from the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.   Abraham and Sarah were both old by this time, and Sarah was long past the age for having children.  So she laughed silently to herself as she thought, “after all these years, will I now have a child, now that I am so very old?”

Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh?  Why did she say, will I really have a child, now that I am so old?  Is anything too hard for the Lord to do?  I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.  Sarah was afraid, so she lied to the Lord.  For she said, “I didn’t laugh!”  But the Lord knew better than that, and he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

The Lord kept His word to Sarah, and she had a son.  This happened at the time God said it would happen. Abraham named their son Isaac.  Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.  Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter.  All who hear about this will laugh with me.  I have given Abraham a son in his old age!”

 

Questions:

1.  What did one of the men say Sarah would have the next year?	a.  She was to old to have childen
2,  Why did Sarah laugh when they said she would have a son?	b.  hard
3.  Is anything too ________ for the Lord to do?	c.  a son
4.  What did Abraham name his son?	d.  100
5.  How old was Abraham when his son was born?	E.  Isaac

Secret Code

A     B     C     D     E     F     G     H    

1     2      3      4      5     6     7      8     

I     J         K     L      M     N     O    

9    10       11    12    13     14    15   

P     Q     R     S       T      U     V    

16   17    18   19       20    21    22    

 

W     X     Y     Z

23    24    25    26

__  __  __  __  __        __  __  __     __  __

19     1      18    1      8             19    15   14        9       19

__  __  __  __  __

 9     19     1      1      3

Answers to lesson questions:

1.  What did one of the men say Sarah would have the next year?  C	a.  She was to old to have children
2,  Why did Sarah laugh when they said she would have a son?  A	b.  hard
3.  Is anything too __B__ for the Lord to do?	c.  a son
4.  What did Abraham name his son?  E	d.  100
5.  How old was Abraham when his son was born?  D	E.  Isaac

Answer to secret code

Sarah son is Isaac