Who Was Abraham? - His Life

 

Abraham lived a full and exciting life, one that was often challenging but never meaningless. Consider just a few of the things he experienced,

* While Abraham was living in Ur, God directed him to leave the land of his birth and head out to a land that He would show him. Although Abraham and Sarah did not know all the details-where they were going or why God was asking them to leave-they obeyed.  Abraham and Sarah eventually came to dwell in tents in the land of Canaan, living as sojourners for the rest of their lives. - ACTS 7:2, 3; HEBREWS 11:8, 9, 13. 

While Abraham  and Sarah were still childless, Jehovah promised to make a great nation out of Abraham.  Jehovah added that all the families of the earth would be blessed by means of Abraham.  (Genesis 11:30; 12:1-3)  Jehovah later affirmed that promise.  He told Abraham that his offspring would become numerous, like the stars of heaven. - GENESIS 15:5, 6. 

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