Lectionary Year A
June 27, 1999
June 30, 2002

Composition

(FS) A. IMMEDIATE CONTEXT

Pre - The pericope is like a climax of the Abraham stories (Genesis 12-25:11). The flow:

Genesis 12:1: Abraham answers God's call, and leaves all, based on God's promise to make a great nation from him (though Sarai, his wife, is barren- Gen. 11:30). God promises Abraham a son, and land (Gen. 15). At Sarai's behest, Abraham sires a son through her maidservant Hagar (16). God promises to bless Ishmael, the firstborn, but the covenant will be carried through the yet-to-be born Isaac (17:21). Isaac is born (21: 1-7), the one through whom God brings Sarah and Abraham laughter and joy. Sarah has Abraham send Hagar and Ishmael away. In 21:22-34, Abraham makes a treaty allowing him to live in the land of the Philistines. Things are going well; God is blessing him richly, and then...

CHAPTER 22: 1-19: "THE BINDING OF ISAAC"; ABRAHAM IS FAITHFUL; THE COVENANT IS REAFFIRMED

Post - Chapter 22: 20-24-- mention of Nabor's sons
23 Death of Sarah
24 A wife is found for Isaac (Rebekah)
25 Abraham dies



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