Come, Follow Me
Old Testament Lesson 8:
February 14–20
Read and ponder Genesis 18–23, and record your impressions. You can use the ideas in this outline to help you study these chapters, and you may also be inspired to search for other messages in the scriptures that the Lord has specifically for you.
Genesis 18: Abraham entertains three holy men—They promise that Sarah will have a son—Abraham will command his children to be just—The Lord appears to him—They discuss the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Genesis 19: Lot entertains holy men—The men of Sodom seek to abuse Lot’s guests and are smitten with blindness—Lot is sent out of Sodom—The Lord rains brimstone and fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah—Lot’s daughters preserve his seed in the land.
Genesis 20: Abimelech desires Sarah, who is preserved by the Lord—Abraham prays for Abimelech, and the Lord blesses him and his household.
Genesis 21: Sarah bears Isaac—He is circumcised—Hagar and her son are cast out of Abraham’s household—The Lord saves Hagar and Ishmael—Abraham and Abimelech deal honorably with each other.
Genesis 22: Abraham is commanded to sacrifice Isaac, his son—Both father and son yield to the will of God—Abraham’s seed will be as the stars and the sand in number—In his seed, all nations will be blessed—Rebekah is born to Bethuel.
Genesis 23: Sarah dies and is buried in the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham buys from Ephron the Hittite.
Resources on ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
Come, Follow Me—For Sunday School (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
Come, Follow Me—For Primary (lesson materials at ChurchofJesusChrist.org)
“God Loved Us, So He Sent His Son,” Hymns, no. 187.
Sacrifice, a Fruit of Righteousness Genesis 22:1–19 , Liahona – Come, Follow Me: Old Testament
- Old Testament Symbols Genesis 6–27, Liahona – Come, Follow Me: Old Testament
Additional Material on ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Chapter 09: Abraham and the Sacrifice of Isaac
- Old Testament Seminary Student Material: Lesson 28: Genesis 18
- Old Testament Seminary Student Material: Lesson 29: Genesis 19
- Old Testament Seminary Student Material: Lesson 30: Genesis 20–22
- Old Testament Seminary Student Material: Lesson 31: Genesis 23–24
- Old Testament Study Guide for Home-Study Seminary Students: Unit 5: Day 4, Genesis 17–18
- Old Testament Study Guide for Home-Study Seminary Students: Unit 6: Day 1, Genesis 19
- Old Testament Study Guide for Home-Study Seminary Students: Unit 6: Day 2, Genesis 20–22
- Old Testament Study Guide for Home-Study Seminary Students: Unit 6: Day 3, Genesis 23–24
- Old Testament Institute Student Manual Genesis-2 Samuel: Genesis 18–23:Abraham—A Model of Faith and Righteousness
Resources on Interpreter Foundation
- Come, Follow Me Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 8: Genesis 18–23, Jonn Claybaugh
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Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Old Testament Lesson 8 (Genesis 18–23)
Additional Posts & Roundtables on the Interpreter Foundation Website
- KnoWhy OTL21A — What Is the Meaning of the Samuel’s Reply: “Here Am I”?, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, May 29, 2018
- KnoWhy OTL09A — Must Every Disciple Make an Abrahamic Sacrifice?, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, February 27, 2018
- KnoWhy OTL08E — Abraham’s Hebron: Then and Now, Part 5: Mamre, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, February 20, 2018
- KnoWhy OTL08D — Abraham’s Hebron: Then and Now, Part 4: Ancient Hebron, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, February 17, 2018
- KnoWhy OTL08C — Abraham’s Hebron: Then and Now, Part 3: Jacob’s Well and the Tombs of Joseph and Rachel, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, February 16, 2018
- KnoWhy OTL08B — Abraham’s Hebron: Then and Now, Part 2: The Tomb of the Patriarchs, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, February 14, 2018
- KnoWhy OTL08A — Abraham’s Hebron: Then and Now, Part 1: Introduction, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, February 13, 2018
Articles in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
- Was Adam a Monotheist? A Reflection on Why We Call Abraham Father and Not Adam, Taylor Halverson, March 8, 2019
- “If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications, Matthew L. Bowen, May 19, 2017
- Hagar in LDS Scripture and Thought, Andrew C. Smith, January 10, 2014
- “In the Mount of the Lord It Shall Be Seen” and “Provided”: Theophany and Sacrifice as the Etiological Foundation of the Temple in Israelite and Latter-day Saint Tradition, Matthew L. Bowen, June 21, 2013
- “Thou Knowest That I Believe”: Invoking The Spirit of the Lord as Council Witness in 1 Nephi 11, David E. Bokovoy, July 31, 2012
- The Brass Plates Version of Genesis, Noel B. Reynolds, October 15, 2019
- Sorting Out the Sources in Scripture, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, April 4, 2014
- The Case for the Documentary Hypothesis, Historical Criticism, and the Latter-day Saints, Colby J. Townsend, April 4, 2014
Resources on Other Sites
- Come, Follow Me Week 8 – Genesis 18–23, FAIR
- Old Testament Minute: Genesis 21-23, by Jeff Bradshaw, Bible Central
- Book & Chapter Guide: Genesis 18, Bible Central
- Book & Chapter Guide: Genesis 19, Bible Central
- Book & Chapter Guide: Genesis 20, Bible Central
- Book & Chapter Guide: Genesis 21, Bible Central
- Book & Chapter Guide: Genesis 22, Bible Central
- Book & Chapter Guide: Genesis 23, Bible Central
- Old Testament Minute: Genesis 18-20, by Jeff Bradshaw, Bible Central
- New Film: Abraham and Sarah, Book of Mormon Central
- Feb 14-20 (Genesis 18–23) Come Follow Me Insights with Taylor and Tyler, Book of Mormon Central
- Three Holy Men Visit Abraham (Week 8, Part 1/6) Genesis 18-23 | Feb 14–Feb 16, Book of Mormon Central
- Lot and His Family (Week 8, Part 2/6) Genesis 18-23 | Feb 14–Feb 16, Book of Mormon Central
- Did Abraham Lie? (Week 8, Part 3/6) Genesis 18-23 | Feb 14–Feb 16, Book of Mormon Central
- The Bible Story of Hagar (Week 8, Part 4/6) Genesis 18-23 | Feb 14–Feb 16, Book of Mormon Central
- Why Did God Ask Abraham to Sacrifice Isaac? (Week 8, Part 5/6) Genesis 18-23 | Feb 14–Feb 16, Book of Mormon Central
- The Abrahamic Sacrifice in Restored Scripture (Week 8, Part 6/6) Genesis 18-23 | Feb 14–Feb 16, Book of Mormon Central
- Why Did Abraham and Sarah Receive New Names and Tokens?, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #630
- Come Follow Me Old Testament Genesis 18-23 (Feb. 14-20) Don’t Miss This, Don’t Miss This
- Come Follow Me – Genesis 18-23: “Abraham & Isaac”, Unshaken
- February 14–20, 2022 Come, Follow Me Songs, Music for Latter-day Life
- Is Anything Too Hard For the Lord?—Come, Follow Me for Sunday School, Meridian Magazine
- Would God Really Ask Abraham to Sacrifice His Covenant Son?—Come, Follow Me Podcast #8: Genesis 18-23, Meridian Magazine
- Genesis 18-23 – “Is Any Thing Too Hard for the Lord?”, BYU Studies
Additional Material on Book of Mormon Central
- How Abraham’s Sacrifice of Isaac Illuminates the Atonement, Book of Mormon Central KnoWhy #412, March 1, 2018
BYU Religious Education Old Testament Roundtables
BYU Studies Recommended Reading
- Abraham, E. Douglas Clark, Encyclopedia of Mormonism
- An Expanded View of the Israelite Scapegoat, James L. Carroll, Selections from the Religious Education Student Symposium 2005
- Elements of Sacrifice in Abraham’s Time and Our Own, Blair G. Van Dyke, Religious Educator
- Melchizedek, Bruce Satterfield, Birger A. Pearson, Encyclopedia of Mormonism
- Melchizedek at Qumran and Nag Hammadi, Ann N. Madsen, Apocryphal Writings and the Latter-day Saints
- The Abrahamic Test, Larry E. Dahl, Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament
- The Ebla Tablets and the Abraham Tradition, David Noel Freedman, Reflections on Mormonism: Judaeo-Christian Parallels
- The Great High Priest, Margaret Barker, BYU Studies, Vol. 42, no. 3–4
- The Lost Commandments: The Sacred Rites of Hospitality, Peter J. Sorensen, BYU Studies, Vol. 44, no. 1
- The Sacrifice of Isaac, Hugh W. Nibley, Abraham in Egypt
- The Sacrifice of Sarah, Hugh W. Nibley, Abraham in Egypt
