In Genesis 12, where Abraham’s life story is first told, we read: “Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, ‘To your descendants I will give this land’ ” (v. 7), a promise that was ...

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.

Abraham was the founder of Judaism and was the first to make a covenant with God. The first part of the covenant is known as the promised land and can be found in Genesis 12:1, where Abraham is ...