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Chapter X.—Continuation of the above.
Abraham, styled “the
friend,”45
was found faithful, inasmuch as he rendered
obedience to the words of God. He, in the exercise of obedience, went out
from his own country, and from his kindred, and from his father’s
house, in order that, by forsaking a small territory, and a weak family,
and an insignificant house, he might inherit the promises of God. For God
said to him, “Get thee out from thy country, and from thy kindred,
and from thy father’s house, into the land which I shall show thee.
And I will make thee a great nation, and will bless thee, and make thy
name great, and thou shall be blessed. And I will bless them that bless
thee, and curse them that curse thee; and in thee shall all the families
of the earth be blessed.”46
And again, on his departing from Lot, God said to him. “Lift up
thine eyes, and look from the place where thou now art, northward, and
southward, and eastward, and westward; for all the land which thou seest,
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy
seed as the dust of the earth, [so that] if a man can number the dust of
the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.”47
And again [the Scripture] saith,
“God brought forth Abram, and spake unto him, Look up now to
heaven, and count the stars if thou be able to number them; so shall thy
seed be. And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for
righteousness.”48
On account of his faith and hospitality, a son
was
given him in his old age; and in the exercise of obedience, he offered
him as a sacrifice to God on one of the mountains which He showed
him.49
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