🏔️ Genesis 17

Genesis 17 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”” Genesis 17 opens with these words: “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.” The line to keep is Genesis 17:17: “Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years…” Carry the word “abraham” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Genesis 17:17: “Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Genesis 17? Then try this: Read “Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.