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“Lesson 11: Abraham and Isaac,” Primary 6: Old Testament, (1996),43
“Lesson 11: Abraham and Isaac,”
Primary 6: Old Testament, (1996),43
To help you understand that we
should trust Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ completely..
Purpose
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OUR OPENING PRAYER WILL
BE GIVEN BY
How hard do you think
it would have been for
Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ to create
our beautiful world and
everything in it?
Do you think they could
move a mountain or
change the direction of
a river if they wanted
to?
The Lord parted the waters of the Red Sea
to let Moses and the Israelites escape
from the Egyptian army.
He protected Daniel from a den of
lions.
He kept three
young men
from being
burned when
they were cast
into a fiery
furnace.
We will learn more
about these stories
later in the year.
These people
trusted in the Lord
and had faith that
his will would be
done. Their faith
was rewarded with
miracles.
We are going
to learn about
a time when
Abraham and
Sarah were
asked this
question.
Abraham and Sarah were sad
because they had no children.
Later God said Abraham and
Sarah would have a son. His
name would be Isaac. He would
serve God and obey his
commandments. Sarah was
ninety years old. She was too
old to have a baby. But God
said Sarah would have a baby.
Three wise men visited
Abraham and told him
Sarah would have a baby.
Sarah, who was standing in
the tent listening, laughed
when she heard this.
Sarah had a baby boy
named Isaac.
How did Abraham treat
the three wise men who
visited him?
What did these men tell
Abraham?
Why did Sarah laugh
when she heard what
they said?
Laugh in these verses
probably means to
rejoice.
See:
Genesis 18:3–
8
Genesis 18:10
Genesis
18:11–12
What important lesson
did the Lord teach
Abraham?
What can we learn
from this?
Anything is possible
if it is the Lord’s will.
See:
Genesis 18:14
What did Abraham and
Sarah name their son?
How old were Abraham
and Sarah when Isaac
was born?
How do you think
Abraham and Sarah felt
when they finally had a
baby after so many
years?
See: Genesis 21:3
Genesis 17:17
Genesis 21:6;
see the footnote
to Genesis 21:6
in the LDS
edition of the Bible
How did Abraham and Sarah
learn to have greater trust in the
Lord through this experience?
How can we develop more trust
in Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ?
How can we show our trust in
them?
Situation:
When we pray.
When we come to
Primary.
When we are tempted
to do something
wrong.
Solution:
Ask that Heavenly
Father’s will be done.
Listen and learn.
Remember what Jesus
taught, and refuse to do
the wrong thing.
Enrichment Activity #3
When we think we
need our tithing
money for something
else.
When someone hurts
our feelings.
Pay tithing.
Be forgiving and show
love instead of anger.
Situation: Solution:
Enrichment Activity #3
When our friends want
us to play soccer or go
to a movie on the
Sabbath.
When it’s time to get
up for family scripture
reading and we are
still sleepy.
Keep the Sabbath day
holy.
Get up and read.
Solution: Situation:
Enrichment Activity #3
We have already received the great
blessing of having the gospel of Jesus
Christ.
Heavenly Father and Jesus have promised
us many more blessings if we trust in them
and live the gospel.
Each of you are going to take a turn
reading a blessing from this bag and we’ll discuss how we might gain that blessing.
Enrichment Activity #4
Blessings do not always come
immediately.
Some blessings may come years
later and some may not come while
we are on the earth.
I want you to each decide on
something you can do during the
coming week to show your trust in
Heavenly Father and Jesus.
Enrichment Activity #4
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What did God
command
Abraham to do?
Why did God
ask Abraham to
do such a
difficult thing?
See:
Genesis 22:2
Genesis 22:1;
see the footnote
to Genesis 22:1
in the LDS
edition of the
Bible. Tempt in
this case means
to test or prove.
What did Abraham do
when God told him to
take his son to Moriah
to sacrifice him?
Why would it have been
difficult for Abraham to
sacrifice Isaac?
Abraham was nearly
sacrificed himself, and
he knew human
sacrifice was wrong .
See: Genesis 22:3
Genesis
17:19
Abraham
1:7–8, 15
Why do you think
Abraham quickly
obeyed?
How does this show that
Abraham trusted
Heavenly Father?
How do you think
Abraham felt when
Isaac asked him where
the lamb was for the
sacrifice?
See: Genesis 22:7–
8
Genesis 22:12
Why did the Lord
send an angel to
stop Abraham
from killing his
son?
How do you think
Abraham felt
then?
What blessings did
the Lord promise
Abraham because of
his faithfulness?
Seed refers to
descendants or
children. All those
who have been
baptized become the
“seed” of Abraham.
See:
Genesis
22:16–18
One reason Abraham was asked to sacrifice
his son was to teach about the atoning
sacrifice of Jesus Christ (see Jacob 4:5).
Why was it necessary that Heavenly
Father’s Son not be saved from his
sacrifice?
There are several similarities between
Heavenly Father sending Jesus Christ to
earth to be sacrificed and the near-sacrifice
of Isaac by Abraham.
The near-sacrifice of Isaac
by Abraham:
Heavenly Father sending
Jesus Christ to earth to be
sacrificed:
Enrichment Activity #1
a. Jesus Christ is Heavenly
Father’s Only Begotten Son in
the flesh (Heavenly Father is the
father of Jesus’ spirit and body).
b. Heavenly Father loves Jesus.
c. Jesus was obedient to his
Father.
d. Heavenly Father provided
Jesus, the Lamb of God, for a
sacrifice for us.
a. Isaac was the only son of
Abraham and Sarah.
b. Abraham loved Isaac.
c. Abraham was obedient to
Heavenly Father. Isaac
was obedient to his father.
d. The Lord provided a ram
for Abraham’s sacrifice.
How does Abraham’s near-
sacrifice of Isaac help you
better understand Heavenly
Father’s love for you in
sacrificing his Son?
What does the sacrifice that
Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ made mean to you?
How does this help you
have greater trust in what
Heavenly Father and Jesus
ask us to do?
5 Trust in the Lord with
all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways
acknowledge him, and
he shall direct thy paths.
Enrichment Activity #2
Here is a
bookmark to help
you memorize this
scripture.
Show it to your
families and
discuss its
meaning with
them.
Challenge them to memorize it, too!
Enrichment Activity #2
5 Trust in
the Lord with all
thine heart; and
lean not unto
thine own
understanding.
6 In all thy ways
acknowledge
him, and he shall direct thy
paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6
How could the Father tell the world of love and tenderness?
He sent his Son, a newborn babe, with peace and holiness.
How could the Father show the world the pathway we should
go?
He sent his Son to walk with men on earth, that we may
know.
How could the Father tell the world of sacrifice, of death?
He sent his Son to die for us and rise with living breath.
What does the Father ask of us? What do the scriptures say?
Have faith, have hope, live like his Son, help others on their
way.
What does he ask? Live like his Son. Words: Mabel Jones Gabbott, b. 1910 Music: Michael Finlinson Moody, b. 1941
© 1982 by Mabel Jones Gabbott and Michael Finlinson Moody. Arr. © 1989 IRI
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Enrichment Activity #5
I am very thankful
for the sacrifices
Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ made
for all of us. I bear
my testimony that
when we trust in
them and obey their
commandments, we
will be blessed.
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OUR CLOSING PRAYER WILL BE
GIVEN BY
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God wanted to know if
Abraham would obey him.
God told him to sacrifice
Isaac on a mountain.
Abraham loved his son very
much. He did not want to
sacrifice Isaac. But
Abraham wanted to obey
God.
God told Abraham to go to
a mountain. He took Isaac
and two men with him.
Abraham and Isaac rode
on a donkey. They traveled
for three days.
The two men stayed with
the donkey. Abraham and
Isaac walked up the
mountain. Abraham took a
knife. Isaac took some
wood.
Isaac asked where the
lamb was for the
sacrifice. Abraham told
him God would provide
Himself a lamb.
Abraham built an altar.
He put wood on it.
Abraham tied Isaac and
put him on the altar. He
held the knife over Isaac.
Abraham was ready to
sacrifice his son.
But an angel spoke to
Abraham. He told
Abraham not to sacrifice
Isaac. Abraham had
obeyed God. God loved
Abraham.
Abraham looked
around. He saw a
ram in the bushes.
God had given the
ram for the
sacrifice. Abraham
sacrificed the ram
on the altar.
God was happy
Abraham had obeyed
him. God said he
would bless
Abraham’s family.
Abraham and Isaac
went home. Abraham
had obeyed God. He
was willing to let his
son die.
What Abraham
did was like
what Heavenly
Father did.
Heavenly Father
was willing to
let his son, Jesus
Christ, die for
us.
Heavenly Father and Abraham loved their
sons. Jesus and Isaac loved their fathers and
obeyed them.
Genesis 18:3–8
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found
favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray
thee, from thy servant:
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched,
and wash your feet, and rest yourselves
under the tree:
Genesis 18:3–8
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and
comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall
pass on: for therefore are ye come to your
servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast
said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent
unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly
three measures of fine meal, knead it, and
make cakes upon the hearth.
Genesis 18:3–8
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and
fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it
unto a young man; and he hasted to dress
it.
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the
calf which he had dressed, and set it before
them; and he stood by them under the tree,
and they did eat.
Genesis 18:10
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto
thee according to the time of life; and, lo,
Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah
heard it in the tent door, which was behind
him.
Genesis 18:11–12
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and
well stricken in age; and it ceased to be
with Sarah after the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,
saying, After I am waxed old shall I have
pleasure, my lord being old also?
Genesis 18:14
14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At
the time appointed I will return unto thee,
according to the time of life, and Sarah
shall have a son.
Genesis 21:3.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son
that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare
to him, Isaac.
Genesis 17:17
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and
laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child
be born unto him that is an hundred years
old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years
old, bear?
Genesis 21:6
6 ¶And Sarah said, God hath made me to
laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with
me.
Genesis 22:2
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get
thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him
there for a burnt offering upon one of the
mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 22:1
1 And it came to pass after these things,
that God did tempt Abraham, and said
unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold,
here I am.
Genesis 22:3
3 ¶And Abraham rose up early in the
morning, and saddled his ass, and took two
of his young men with him, and Isaac his
son, and clave the wood for the burnt
offering, and rose up, and went unto the
place of which God had told him.
Genesis 17:19
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear
thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his
name Isaac: and I will establish my
covenant with him for an everlasting
covenant, and with his seed after him.
Abraham 1:7–8, 15
7 Therefore they turned their hearts to the
sacrifice of the heathen in offering up their
children unto these dumb idols, and
hearkened not unto my voice, but
endeavored to take away my life by the
hand of the priest of Elkenah. The priest
of Elkenah was also the priest of Pharaoh.
Abraham 1:7–8, 15
8 Now, at this time it was the custom of
the priest of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to
offer up upon the altar which was built in
the land of Chaldea, for the offering unto
these strange gods, men, women, and
children.
Abraham 1:7–8, 15
15 And as they lifted up their hands upon
me, that they might offer me up and take
away my life, behold, I lifted up my voice
unto the Lord my God, and the Lord
hearkened and heard, and he filled me with
the vision of the Almighty, and the angel
of his presence stood by me, and
immediately unloosed my bands;
Genesis 22:7–8
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his
father, and said, My father: and he said,
Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold
the fire and the wood: but where is the
lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will
provide himself a lamb for a burnt
offering: so they went both of them
together.
Genesis 22:12
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon
the lad, neither do thou any thing unto
him: for now I know that thou fearest
God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy
son, thine only son from me.
Genesis 22:16–18
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith
the Lord, for because thou hast done this
thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine
only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the
stars of the heaven, and as the sand which
is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall
possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis 22:16–18
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of
the earth be blessed; because thou hast
obeyed my voice.
Jacob 4:5
5 Behold, they believed in Christ and
worshiped the Father in his name, and also
we worship the Father in his name. And
for this intent we keep the law of Moses, it
pointing our souls to him;
Jacob 4:5
and for this cause it is sanctified unto us
for righteousness, even as it was accounted
unto Abraham in the wilderness to be
obedient unto the commands of God in
offering up his son Isaac, which is a
similitude of God and his Only Begotten
Son.
