The Call of Abraham
Genesis 12:1-4 · Berean Standard Bible
Genesis 12:1-4 records the call of Abraham (Abram), when God says, 'Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you,' promising to make him into a great nation and a blessing to all peoples. Abram obeys and sets out without knowing the destination. It's the foundational Bible story of answering God's call and stepping out in faith into an unknown purpose.
1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
4So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
Read the wider context: Genesis 12.
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