Chapter 2 God Builds a New Nation

The earth recovered from the

great flood. Noah’s family grew

and grew and grew. Once again

people were scattered over the face

of the whole world. God’s great

and grand and glorious vision was

still alive. He had plans to build a

new nation, and it would all start

with one ordinary man.

Abram. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a

blessing to others. I will make you the father of a great nation.

Leave your country and your people and go to a land I will

show you. Pick up everything and start walking. Eventually I

will show you where to stop.”

Amazingly, Abram trusted God. He gathered the members

of his household, packed up all his belongings, and started

walking across the desert. He had no idea where he was going.

When he arrived in the land of Canaan, God said, “You can

stop walking, Abram. This is the land I am going to give you

and all the people who come after you.” So Abram and his wife

Sarai pitched their tents and settled in the land.

Many years passed. Then one cool, dark night, God called

to Abram in his tent. “Abram, come outside. Look up at the

sky. Count the stars, if you can even count that high. I promise

you will have as many children as there are stars in the

heavens!”

Abram believed God. Even though Abram was old, even

though his wife Sarai was old and had never been pregnant,

Abram still believed God would make him into a great nation.

Many, many more years passed. Now Abram was 99 years

old and Sarai was 90. Once again God spoke to Abram.

“Abram, today I am making a covenant with you. You will be

the father of many nations. Your name will now be Abraham.

Give your wife the name Sarah, for she will be the mother of

many nations. She soon will have a son.”

Abraham fell on the ground, laughing. He said to himself,

“A great nation will come from me? But how? Sarah and I are

too old to have children!”

But soon Abraham and Sarah learned that nothing was too

hard for God. A year later Sarah gave birth to a baby boy.

Abraham named him Isaac (which means “to laugh”).

When Isaac grew up, he married and had two sons: Esau

and Jacob. Esau had five sons, and Jacob had twelve!

Abraham’s children would multiply like the stars in the

heavens-just like God had promised.

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