In the story, God puts Abraham to the test, asking him to “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of ...

God asked Abraham in trust to leave Ur, ... And Abram shows himself the man of faith of which Hebrews speaks (11:8-19), for which God rewards him … and, thanks to him, us.

“Long before we came to Mount Sinai,” said Rabino Shalem, “God spoke to Abraham – not me, but our patriarch.” He winked and smiled with such charm.

And then again to Isaac’s son, Jacob, God appeared personally in a dream, and promised him, “I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I ...

Before the Bible tells us God commanded Abraham to go to a distant, unfamiliar land, which would be where there’s now a country which all people in the. Skip to content. ADVERTISE.