By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going.
‘Son of man, those who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, “Abraham was only one person, yet he received possession of the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.”
I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said to you: You are my servant; I have chosen you; I haven’t rejected you.
The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, “I will give this land to your offspring” , #– #he will send his angel before you, and you can take a wife for my son from there.