The covenant between Abraham and God begins in Haran when God told Abram (before his name was changed to Abraham) to leave his country, his people, and his fathers household and go to the land that God shows him. In that passage it already shows that Abram has great faith in God since he is willing leave everything that he knows for possible doom in some foreign land. God's promise for doing this is the covenant itself, I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great and you will be a blessing; I will bless those who bless you; and whoever curses you, I will curse. God also gave Abram land for his family to flourish in and for this he built two alters, one when he was first informed of this gift and the second was constructed between Ai and Bethel to show his gratitude for his covenant. The covenant between Abram and God was now established.

Abram's first descendant was not with his wife Sarai but with her servant Hagar. His offspring was a boy that God named Ishmael. Following this, God told Abram that he would have a son with his true wife Sarai, and that his name would be Isaac. Abram must now have a covenant with God and that was circumcision, every male descendant whether birthed or bought into Abram's family must be circumcised to set apart each male from those of other families. This covenant of circumcision must always be carried out in order to fulfill God and Abram's covenant. Because of these circumstances, God changed Abram's name to Abraham (father of many) and Sarai's name to Sarah. These events depict a two-way covenant Abraham's descendants would become circumcised and worship God, while God would fulfill his side of the covenant with Abraham.

The original covenant was made between God and Abraham. God setup all of the parameters and Abraham obeyed them. Moses, who was a descendant of Abraham still followed the original covenant but carried out through Gods wishes, the remainder of it.

Abraham's covenant with God comes into play in Exodus chapter three where God came to Moses in the form of a burning bush and told him to go into Egypt and free his people (the descendants of Abraham that God foretold) from slavery and take them to Canaan. Moses reluctantly went back to Egypt to free the Israelites. This is the beginning of God redeeming the c

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