What is important about the beginning of the story of Abraham? We’ve been discussing Genesis 12 in the Bible and the similar stories in the Quran. What’s the real point of the story? That’s the center ...

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Terah, the father of Abram, moved his family from Ur of the Chaldeans to Haran on the way to Canaan. After his father died in Haran, “the Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your people, and your ...

Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your ...