Abraham (4)

For the fourth time the Lord entered into communion with Abraham. The first divine ap­proach occurred at Haran; and in response to the word that came to him at this place, he got him out of his country and from his kindred into a land the Lord would show him. Again in the plain of Moreh, the Lord appeared to him with the promise that unto him He would give the land to which he had immi­grated. The third appearance took place at Bethel after Abraham, by permitting Lot to select his place of...