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CHILDREN'S SABBATH LESSONS
LESSON 7
Isaac and Ishmael
Isaac and Ishmael were the two sons of
Abraham. Sarah was Abraham’s wife and Hagar was her maid.
Isaac was the son of Abraham and Sarah.
Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar.
Abraham was 100 years old and Sarah was
80 years old when Isaac was born.
One time Sarah was having a party for
Isaac and Ishmael made fun of him and teased him. That made Sarah so angry that
she told Abraham about how she felt. She asked Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael
away.
The next morning Abraham gave Hagar some
food and water and sent her and her son away.
 Isaac
grew up like any other child except that his father always taught him to obey
Yahweh.
When Isaac was 12 years old, Yahweh gave
Abraham a very hard test. Yahweh told Abraham to take the son he loved so much
and kill him for an offering!
The next morning Abraham took Isaac and
some firewood and went to the place where Yahweh told him to go.
Abraham built an altar the way Yahweh
told him to do and laid the wood on it. Abraham then tied Isaac up and put him
on top of the wood. This made Abraham sad because he loved his son and didn’t
want to hurt him; but he loved Yahweh more than anything else.
When Abraham raised his knife to kill
Isaac for an offering, he suddenly heard someone calling, “Abraham! Abraham, do
not kill your son.” It was Yahweh.
 Yahweh did not want Abraham to kill his
son. He just wanted to be sure of how much Abraham loved Him.
Yahweh would never have you kill anyone.
He is the one who said, “You shall not murder.”
Memory Verse
"So Abraham called that place
Yahweh Will Provide...."
Genesis 22:14a
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