DISPENSATION	NUMBER 4 – Jacob
NAME	PROMISE
WHERE FOUND	Gen. 28:12-16; 32:26-31
APPLIES TO WHOM	Abraham & Seed (Confirmed to Jacob)
EVENT TO EVENT	Call of Abraham to Exodus
DURATION	430 years
CONDITION OF MAN	Idolatry and nation scattered
RULES IN EFFECT	Stay in land of promise, Gen.12:5
MAN’S FAILURE	Went into Egypt
GOD’S REACTION	Slavery
END RESULT	In Egypt under Pharaoh
GOD’S PROMISE	Promise of seed thru Abraham more definite Gen. 22:18
INSTRUCTION	God did not abandon world by choosing Abraham