God establishes a relationship with humanity by making an agreement (covenant) between God and father Abraham:

1. Progressive (Gen 12:1-7)
   1. Call Gen 12:1-3
   2. Covenant Gen 15:1-21
   3. Circumcision Gen17:1-14
   4. Exod 2:24,25; 3:14,15; 6:2,3
2. People (Gen 12:2;15:5)
   1. Abraham Gen 11:23-27; 12:2; 12:7
   2. Isaac Gen 24-27
   3. Jacob (Israel) Gen 27-36
   4. Exod 1:1-7; 4:23
3. Possession (Gen 12:7;15:18)
   1. From the Nile to the Euphrates Gen15:18
   2. Exod 3:6-8
4. Provision (Gen 12:3)
   1. Blessing Gen 15:1
   2. Exod 40:34
5. Precondition (Gen 15:6-21)
   1. Faith Gen 15:6
   2. God’s Promise Gen 15:17
6. Picture of the Perfect (Matt 2:15; Gal 3:16)
   1. Progressive Hen 1:1-2
   2. People Gal 3:26-29; 6:16
   3. Possession Rom 4:13-25; Heb 11:13-16
   4. Provision Eph 1:3-14
   5. Preconditional Gal 3:5-9