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Genesis 15 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: God's Covenant with Abram

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolAs Many as the Stars

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenSo Many Stars

STARS → picture 4MOON → picture 3TENT → picture 1ABRAM → picture 2

Grade 1God's Star Promise

Many stars → picture 2Abram believed God → picture 4A son to come → picture 3God made a covenant → picture 1

Order:

1. After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision2. Yahweh brought him outside3. He believed in Yahweh4. In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram

Grade 2As Many as the Stars

  1. What did Abram and Sarai not have? Children (circle)
  2. What did God say He was to Abram? His shield (circle)
  3. What did God promise Abram? A son (and a very big family)
  4. What did God tell Abram to count? The stars (circle)
  5. What did Abram do when God made this promise? He believed God (trusted Him).
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Grade 3Abram Believed

  1. What two things did God say He was to Abram? His shield and his very great reward
  2. Who did Abram think would inherit his things? His servant Eliezer
  3. What did God tell Abram to count, and why? The stars, because his offspring would be as many
  4. What did God count Abram's belief as? Righteousness
  5. What passed between the pieces of the animals? A smoking fire pot and a flaming torch
1: After these things Yahweh’s word came to Abram in a vision2: Yahweh brought him outside3: He believed in Yahweh4: In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram

Grade 4Faith Counted as Righteousness

  1. What did God say to calm Abram's fear? Yahweh said, Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.
  2. What did God use to show Abram how many offspring he would have? The stars
  3. How was Abram made right with God? By believing (trusting) God's promise; God counted his faith as righteousness.
  4. Why is it important that only God passed between the pieces? God took the whole promise on Himself; its fulfillment depended on God alone.

Word bank: 1. Abram; 2. stars; 3. God; 4. promise

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Covenant Between the Pieces

  1. How does God answer Abram's fears? He says He is Abram's shield and exceedingly great reward, offering Himself.
  2. Why is Genesis 15:6 so important? It shows people are made right with God by faith; Paul uses it to teach justification by faith.
  3. What does Jeremiah 34:18 describe about walking between the pieces? It was a way of making a very serious promise.
  4. Why does only God pass between the pieces? God binds Himself alone to keep the promise; it depends on Him, not Abram.
  5. What future event did God predict, and where is it fulfilled? Abram's descendants would be afflicted in a foreign land for four hundred years and then leave with great possessions; it is fulfilled in Exodus.

Word bank: 1. Abram; 2. God; 3. promise; 4. stars

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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