04-01

spreading out over the earth as God had commanded

God told Noah and his family to spread out over the earth after the flood (See: 03:13).

04-03

spread the people out all over the world

The people did not stay together because they could no longer speak to each other in the same language.

confused

The people were confused by what other people said. They were confused because God changed their language so they could not understand each other.

04-04

Abram

God would later change Abram’s name to Abraham.

Leave your country and family

God told Abram to leave his relatives and the place he lived, but not to leave his wife.

bless you

To bless someone or something means to cause good and beneficial things to happen to the person or thing that is being blessed.

All families on earth will be blessed because of you

When Abram obeyed God, God used him to bless every people group.

04-06

Canaan

This is the land that is called Israel in modern times.

your descendants will always possess it

God promised to give the land of Canaan to Abram and his descendants in the same way a father gives his land to his children.

04-07

Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything he had won in the battle

Abram gave this gift to Melchizedek to honor God. Melchizedek was a representative of God in Canaan.

04-08

Abram and Sarai still did not have a son

Abram needed to have a son because God had promised to make him a great nation (See: 04:04). God also said he would give the land of Canaan to Abram’s descendants (See: 04:06).

Sarai

God would later change Sarai’s name to Sarah.

God declared that Abram was righteous

Because Abram believed God, God decided to treat Abram as if he had fully obeyed God in everything he had done.

04-09

God made a covenant with Abram

God had already said he would give Canaan to Abram’s descendants (See: 04:06). Now God stated the same thing again to Abram as an official promise.