God Calls Abram
Excerpt
The first three verses of this chapter are very important as the opening of the extended narrative that takes up the rest of the book of Genesis. They are not only the beginning of the story of the call of Abram, but they are the beginning of the story of the line chosen by God, as opposed to episodes in the story of the human race as a whole. “The story begins with one individual, and extends gradually to his family, then to a people, and later still to a nation” (Speiser).
Reyburn, William David, and Euan McG. Fry. A Handbook on Genesis. New York: United Bible Societies, 1998. Print. UBS Handbook Series.
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