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Chapter X.—Continuation of the Above.
Abraham, styled “the friend,”4050
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
shalt 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.”4051
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.”4052
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.”4053
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.4054
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