Abram, Abraham

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Now The Lord said unto Abram
  “go now unto a land that I will show thee.
 I will make of thee a great nation
   and through thee bless each family”

 He went forth the land of Canaan
   and God said “unto thy seed I give this land”.
 So built he an altar unto The Lord
   and pitched his tent where it stand

 Thus The Lord said unto Abram
  “as the dust of the earth will I make thy seed,
 that if a man can number the dust
   so then shall thy descendants breed”

 And The Lord said “that thy seed
   shall be a stranger in a land that’s not theirs,
 a land to shed tears, sweat and blood
   and afflict them four hundred years”

“And that nation whom they serve
   will I judge, and they shall come out again”.
 God made a covenant with Abram
   that their bondage not be in vain

“The river of Egypt to the Euphrates 
   unto thy seed have I given this land all.
 This I promise the nation of Israel
   should they hearken unto my call”

 God said “thy name shall be Abraham -
   a father to many nations have I made thee.
 I will make thee exceedingly fruitful
   and kings of thy numbered seed will be”

“Between us an everlasting covenant
   will you and thy seed follow long after you,
 and as a token betwixt you and me
   shall ye be circumcised old and new”

 And God said unto Abraham “behold
   that Sarah, thy wife, shall bear you a son,
 and you shall call his name Issac
   and he will see my covenant done”

 God did tempt and test Abraham
   that alas he take his only son for a sacrifice,
 and he bound Issac upon an altar
   and took his knife that he pay a price

 The angel of The Lord called to him
   saying “Abraham, Abraham, here am I,
 lay not thine hand upon the lad
   and fear not that thy son must die”

 The angel of The Lord called again
   saying “that because you in obedience did,
 I will multiply thy seed as the stars
   and posses thy gate of all foes amid


        Written: September 2010

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