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God's Call of Abraham

God's Call of Abraham

God tells a 75-year-old man to leave everything he knows and go to a land he's never seen — and Abraham goes.

The PatriarchsOld Testament~2091 BCE

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God promises Abraham that he'll become a great nation, that his name will be famous, and that every family on earth will be blessed through him. Abraham packs up his wife Sarah, his nephew Lot, and everything they own, and heads for Canaan on nothing but God's word. It's the moment that launches the entire story of Israel.

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GenesisThe Call That Started Everything

God tells a seventy-five-year-old man to leave everything he knows and walk toward a future he can't see. Abram goes — and almost immediately makes a terrible decision that nearly derails the whole thing.

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Haran Canaan Shechem Arabia Mesopotamia

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