Ep 359 | Genesis 12-17; Abraham 1-2, Come Follow Me 2026 (February 16-22)
Talking Scripture
Mike Day & Bryce Dunford
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 83 minutes
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(00:00) The blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant include preservation, protection, priesthood, power, a place, and posterity.
(09:20) The responsibility of the Abrahamic Covenant is to make Christ’s name known to the world and help all to obtain priesthood and temple blessings.
(19:29) The Lord places Abraham and his posterity, Israel, in the center of the world. Our challenge is to influence the world without being influenced by the world.
(29:51) Abraham and Sarah experience “The Hero’s Journey.” Sarah’s combat with Pharaoh is similar to Eve’s battle with the serpent.
(39:01) Abraham grants the superior land to Lot. We should be generous with others as was Abraham.
(40:32) Anachronisms in Genesis 14 are clues as to when it was written.
(43:20) Melchizedek has largely been removed from the Hebrew Bible, but was on the Brass Plates. Melchizedek is a type of Jesus Christ.
(49:57) Abraham and Sarah both gave God the benefit of the doubt in regard to his promise of having seed. Like them, we should do all we can to ensure the Lord’s promises are fulfilled.
(52:49) The ritual cutting of sacrificial animals in Genesis 15 relates to ancient covenant making.
(57:53) Abraham’s visionary experience included both light and darkness.
(1:01:04) The Lord tells Sarai to choose Hagar to bring forth Ishmael. The word used for bringing forth children relates to the idea of “building.”
(1:05:40) Circumcision is a token or sign of the covenant given to Abraham.
(1:07:04) How El Shaddai (the Almighty God) can be read as a representation of our Divine Mother in Heaven, with blessings connected to children and life. The historical evolution of Israel’s view of the nature of God.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody. Welcome to Talking Scripture, a podcast where we illustrate relevance and application of the scriptures in Come Follow Me. |
| 0:10.1 | We also dive into the history and cultures of the text. Thanks for taking the time to share and subscribe to this podcast. |
| 0:16.9 | For show notes, head over to our website, talking scripture.org. |
| 0:23.3 | Welcome to Talking Scripture. I'm Mike. And I'm Bryce. |
| 0:26.0 | And today we're going to be in Genesis 11 through 17 and Abraham 1 and 2. And we're going to |
| 0:31.4 | talk about the Abrahamic covenant, among other things. So we are done with period number one. |
| 0:37.9 | What I broke down at the beginning of this year, the nine periods of the Old Testament, |
| 0:43.1 | period number one is creation in its aftermath. |
| 0:46.2 | We now move on to period number two and introduce you to a major, major part of the Old Testament. |
| 0:54.5 | Now, if you want to humor me for a second, grab your Old Testament, grab your Bible, |
| 1:00.3 | so you're holding Genesis through Malachi, and it's about an inch or a little bit more. |
| 1:06.0 | Now, that's 4,000 years. |
| 1:08.0 | If I were to ask you to put your finger halfway through the time period, |
| 1:12.9 | any guess where you would put your finger? Now, most of us would kind of assume that you'd put |
| 1:17.9 | your finger halfway through what you're holding. Halfway through the Old Testament should be |
| 1:22.6 | halfway through the time period, right? But halfway through the 4,000-year period is between chapters 11 and 12 of Genesis. |
| 1:34.9 | So Genesis has 11 chapters that covers 2,000 years. If you want to grab your handy-dandy |
| 1:41.9 | seminary Old Testament scripture mastery card, you'll notice |
| 1:47.0 | that Abraham comes around in about year 2000. |
| 1:51.5 | So Abraham is 2,000 years into the Old Testament, but we begin the story of Abraham in the 12th |
| 1:58.8 | chapter of Genesis. |
| 2:00.2 | That should tell you something. |
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