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| Abraham's Life | ||
| Recorded Events | Place | Where Recorded |
| Born in Ur of Chaldees, near the Euphrates. The son of Terah. | Ur of the Chaldees | Gen 11:27,28 |
| Married Saria (later called Sarah). | Ur | Gen 11:29 |
| Divinely called to leave his native land, not knowing where he was to go (Ref Heb. 11:8). | Ur | Gen 12:1 |
| Granted the right to be a father to a great nation and an ancestor of the Messiah. | Haran | Gen 12:2,3 |
| Left Haran at the age of 75. | Haran | Gen 12:5 |
| Came to Sichem in the land of Cannan. | Shechem | Gen 12:6,7 |
| Came to Bethel. | Bethel | Gen 12:8 |
| A famine came, he chose to go to Egypt. | Egypt | Gen 12:10-13 |
| Sarai taken into the Pharaoh's house under the lie that she was Abraham's sister. | Egypt | Gen 12:14-17 |
| Abraham reproved by the Pharaoh and sent out of the country. | Egypt | Gen 12:18-20 |
| Left Egypt a rich man. | Bethel | Gen 13:1-5 |
| Lot selects the Jordan valley. | Jordan Plain | Gen 13:6-13 |
| The Lord gives to Abraham and his seed the whole land. He then moves to Hebron where he builds an altar to the Lord. | Hebron | Gen 13:14-18 |
| A war breaks between the Kings. Lot is taken. Abraham rescues Lot and restores him to his property. | Dan, Hob, Sodom | Gen 14: |
| Meets Melchizedek, king of Salem. | The King's Dale | Gen 14:17-20 |
| The birth of Ishmael, son of Hagar, the maid of Sarai. | Gen 16 | |
| The covenant made with Abraham and the seal of the covenant given (circumcision) given. Abraham was 90 years old. Also he had his name changed from Abram to Abraham | Mamre | Gen 17:1-14 |
| Isaac promised, the heir to the covenant promises. | Mamre | Gen 17:15-22 |
| The visit of three strangers and the promise of a son to Abraham and Sarah. | Mamre | Gen 18:1-16 |
| Abraham's prayer for Sodom and Gomor-rah. | Mamre | Gen 18:23-33 |
| Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the escape of Lot to Zoar. | Gen 19:15-30 | |
| Sarah represented to Abimelech as Abraham sister. | Gerar | Gen 20 |
| Birth of Isaac. Abraham is 100 years old. (Ref Heb 11:11) | Gen 21:1-8 | |
| Hagar and Ishmael cast out. | Gen 21:9-21 | |
| Abraham's covenant with Abimelech. | Beer-sheba | Gen 22:15-19 |
| Abraham's test of faith. That he offer Isaac as a sacrifice. (Ref Heb 11:17-19) Also ref to God's plan of giving Jesus. | Moriah | Gen 22:1-14 |
| God renews His covenant and Abraham returns to Beer-sheba. | Beer-sheba | Gen 22:15-19 |
| Death of Sarah. She is buried at Machpelah. | Hebron | Gen 23:1-20 |
| Rebekah, the sister of Laban, is taken as a wife for Isaaac, from Mesopotamia. | Mesopotamia | Gen 24: |
| Abraham marries Keturah who gave him six childern. | Hebron | Gen 25:1-6 |
| Abraham dies at the age of 175, and is buried by Isaac and Ishmael beside Sarah in the cave at Machpelah. | Hebron | Gen 25:7-10 |
