Genesis 12 starts with Abram and his family leaving Haran and going to Canaan. The Lord tells Abram that this land is promised to him, so Abram builds an altar to worship the Lord. They then continue on to Egypt and Abram, knowing how beautiful his wife Sarai is, tells her to tell anyone who asks that she is his sister so that they will not kill Abram and take Sarai. Pharaoh. thinking that they are not married, takes Sarai into his house. The Lord curses Pharaoh's household with plagues and Pharaoh brings Sarah out of his household wondering why Abram didn't just tell him that Sarai was his wife. The Egyptians sent Abram and his family on their way. In the beginning of chapter 13 Abram have a conversation about how their possessions are too great to share this land together and they separate. Lot goes by the evil cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and Abram goes the opposite way. In chapter 14 there is a war going on and Lot along with many men from Sodom and Gomorrah and all of the two cities possessions gets captured. So, Abram takes 318 trained men and goes and saves all the captured people and all the stolen possessions. The king of Salem blessed him and Abram gave him a tenth of everything. Te king of Sodom offered to give him some of the returned possessions as thanks but Abram refused saying that he had made an oath to God not to accept anything from them. Chapter 15 begins with the Lord speaking to Abram and telling him not to be afraid. Abram questions the Lord, asking how he can fulfill the covenant if he is childless. The Lord says that if Abram can count the stars, that is how many his descendants will be. Abram gives an offering to the Lord. Abram falls into a deep sleep and God says that for four hundred years his people will be held captive but will be delivered and will return to this land. God promises him this land.

        My favorite verse is Genesis 15:6: "Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness." This is my favorite verse because it represents Abram very well. Abram has a lot of faith in God. First, he left Ur because he heard a voice telling him to and he had no idea who this voice was. Also, he has so much faith in the Lord that if God said to sacrifice his son, Abram would obey. His faith is an example to fellow believers. 

        I can apply this to my life by having more faith in God. Usually I do have faith in God, to a point. But when he's "taking too long" I get mad and take matters into my own hands. I need to work on my faith in God to do the right thing at the right time because he's God and knows better than I do.