So Abram went as YHWH had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Genesis 26:5 - Y'all Version Bible because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws. American Standard Version (1901) because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. Common English Bible I will do this because Abraham obeyed me and kept my orders, my commandments, my statutes, and my instructions.” Catholic Public Domain Version because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed the ceremonies and the laws." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed my ceremonies and laws. |
So Abram went as YHWH had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.
For I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of YHWH, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that YHWH may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says YHWH, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches humans to do the same, will be called least in the Empire of Heaven. But whoever keeps and teaches them will be called great in the Empire of Heaven.
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them, I will liken them to a wise person who built their house on a rock.
Therefore, my beloved siblings, y’all must stand firm, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because y’all know that y’all’s labor in the Lord is not in vain.
For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision amounts to anything, but faith working through love.
By faith, Abraham when he was called, obeyed by going to a place where he would later receive an inheritance. He set out, without knowing where he was going.
Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?