“From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.”
Genesis 12:8
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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.
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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.
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