1. Q: What did Sarai do when she couldn’t bear children?
A: Sarai gave her Egyptian maidservant, Hagar, to Abram as a wife.
2. Q: What happened after Hagar became pregnant?
A: Hagar despised Sarai, and Sarai treated her harshly.
3. Q: What did Hagar do when she was mistreated by Sarai?
A: Hagar fled into the wilderness.
4. Q: Who found Hagar in the wilderness?
A: The angel of the Lord found Hagar by a spring of water in the wilderness.
5. Q: What did the angel of the Lord tell Hagar?
A: The angel told her to return to Sarai and submit to her, and that her descendants would be numerous.
6. Q: What was the name of the son born to Hagar?
A: Hagar gave birth to a son named Ishmael.
7. Q: How old was Abram when Ishmael was born?
A: Abram was 86 years old when Ishmael was born.
8. Q: What did God promise to Abram concerning Ishmael?
A: God promised to make Ishmael the father of a great nation.
9. Q: How many years after Ishmael’s birth did God appear to Abram again?
A: God appeared to Abram 13 years after Ishmael’s birth.
10. Q: What did God change Abram’s name to?
A: God changed Abram’s name to Abraham, which means “father of many nations.”
11. Q: What did God promise to Abraham after changing his name?
A: God promised to make Abraham the father of many nations, and that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars.
12. Q: What did God establish as a sign of his covenant with Abraham?
A: God established circumcision as a sign of his covenant with Abraham.
13. Q: What was the name of the son born to Sarah and Abraham after God’s promise?
A: Sarah gave birth to a son named Isaac.
14. Q: How old was Abraham when Isaac was born?
A: Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born.
15. Q: How old was Sarah when Isaac was born?
A: Sarah was 90 years old when Isaac was born.
16. Q: What happened when Isaac was weaned?
A: Sarah saw Ishmael, the son of Hagar, mocking Isaac.
17. Q: What did Sarah ask Abraham to do with Hagar and Ishmael?
A: Sarah asked Abraham to cast out Hagar and Ishmael.
18. Q: What did God tell Abraham to do about Sarah’s request?
A: God told Abraham to listen to Sarah and do as she asked.
19. Q: What did Abraham give to Hagar and Ishmael before sending them away?
A: Abraham gave Hagar bread and a skin of water before sending her and Ishmael away.
20. Q: What happened to Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness?
A: Hagar and Ishmael ran out of water and became thirsty.
21. Q: What did God do when Hagar and Ishmael were in distress?
A: God heard the cry of the boy and sent an angel to Hagar, who showed her a well of water.
22. Q: How did Abraham pray for Abimelech and his household when they were afflicted by God?
A: Abraham prayed to God on behalf of Abimelech and his household, and God healed them, including their barren wives and female slaves, so they could have children again.
23. Q: What did God promise to Ishmael?
A: God promised to make Ishmael a great nation and that he would be the father of twelve princes.
24. Q: What happened to Ishmael as he grew up?
A: Ishmael lived in the wilderness and became skilled with the bow. He settled in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from Egypt.
25. Q: What did Abimelech, king of Gerar, do when he saw Sarah, Abraham’s wife?
A: Abimelech took Sarah into his household, thinking she was Abraham’s sister. But God warned Abimelech in a dream that Sarah was Abraham’s wife, and Abimelech returned her to Abraham and rebuked him for misleading him.