What is the Covenant?

Genesis

Abraham's Covenant

• 12:2-3
• 15 (esp 15:9)
• 17:1-22
• 22:15-18
• 4 Provisions of covenant (God's favor):
  • Special favor with God (especially military protection)
  • Promise of land
  • Multiple progeny (many as the stars)
  • Special favor toward Abraham's descendants (through Isaac or through Ishmael)?
• Obligations of Israelites
  • Exclusive worship despite other gods' existence
  • Sacrifice and redemption (passover)
  • Obedience to laws (2? 10? 613?)
    • Note: centralized worship comes later
• Abraham's journeys
  • land promised
  • Etiologies: Moab, Ammon (Lot's daughters), and Edom (Esau)

Jacob's Covenant

Jacob's vision of the ladder

• Jacob's wrestling match with God
• Jacob's final blessing (49).
• Twelve tribes of Israel

Exodus

• Mosaic Covenant
  • Exodus 3-5; 15:25b-20 (Sinai or Horeb); Midian
• Remembering the Covenant

Deuteronomy

• Chapters 4-7; final blessings and curses

David

• 2 Samuel 7:1-16 (covenant)

Solomon

• Chapter 3

Jeremiah

• Old Covenant
• New Covenant