In the footsteps of Abraham
From a great pagan city to the mountain of testing — the journey of the man who believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.
Ur of the Chaldeans
The journey begins in a wealthy city by the Euphrates, where Terah's family lived among a thousand idols — and where God chose one household to bless the whole earth.
The call at Haran
Halfway to Canaan the family settles until Terah dies. Then the word comes: leave your country, your people, your father's house — and Abram, seventy-five years old, obeys.
The first altar
At the oak of Moreh, in the middle of the promised land, God appears: "Unto thy seed will I give this land." Abram builds his first altar in Canaan.
Calling on the name
On a hill between Bethel and Ai, Abram pitches his tent and calls on the name of the LORD — a spot he will return to after every wandering.
The famine detour
Famine drives the family down to Egypt, where fear makes Abram pass Sarai off as his sister. God guards the promise even when the promise-bearer fails.
The oaks of Mamre
After parting from Lot, Abram settles by the oaks of Mamre at Hebron. Here God tells him to lift up his eyes: everything he can see, in every direction, will belong to his offspring.
The well of the oath
A treaty over a well gives Beersheba its name. Abraham plants a tamarisk tree and calls on the everlasting God — a settler at last in the land of promise.
The test on Moriah
Three days' walk with wood, fire and a knife. On the mountain, at the last moment, God provides the lamb — and the promise is sealed with an oath.