“So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.”
Genesis 12:4
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What did Abram do with God's call?
Abram took God at His word and went, at seventy-five, with Sarai, Lot and all they owned, toward a country God still had not named. His father Terah had settled in Haran and died there. Knowing the God who speaks means weighing what He says against all you can see, then moving on it.
Read the whole studyWhat did Abram do in the land?
Abram's first stop in Canaan was the Oak of Moreh at Shechem; Moreh (H4176) means teacher. There the LORD appeared and promised the land to his offspring, and Abram built an altar, a mizbeach (H4196). He built another near Bethel and called on the LORD's name, leaving a stone record at each place God had spoken.
Read the whole studyWhy Abram left Haran
Abram's family had set out for Canaan and stopped halfway, in Haran, going no further under its own strength. When God spoke, the same journey was finished with a different verb: "So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him." Terah settled; Abram, once he had heard, went.
Read the whole studyHow long did Abram wait for Isaac?
Abram was a hundred years old when Isaac was born (Genesis 21:5). From the day he left Haran, he waited twenty-five years for the son God promised.
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