Going big and going early leads to an uptick in public interest and in those necessary donations. Unfortunately, it also ...

God’s promises to Abraham in that covenant. Abram is shown coming out of an open door … his house, his old city of Ur, himself. He is in conversation with God, who breaks into his world (and ...

Abram (later Abraham) was plucked out of his routine in Ur, an ancient city in Iraq, by being given a startling promise by God. ‘You will have descendants as many as the starts of heaven.’ He ...

I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you. — Genesis 12:1-2 God instructed Abraham to leave his home and travel to Canaan, the Promised Land, which is today known as Israel.

God instructed Abraham to leave his home and travel to Canaan, the Promised Land. Canaan was an ancient country close to modern-day Israel. In contrast with Abraham's home, Canaan was an arid ...

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OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham ... in “Ur of the Chaldees” (Genesis 11:28, 31), which most scholars consider to be a city ...