A Brief Overview Of Abraham

God chose Abraham`s family to weave His scarlet thread through the linen of humanity. It was through Abraham`s descendants that the Jewish nation would arise, a people who would receive the covenant of the Lord, and that one of those descendants would be the Savior, not only for the Jews but for the whole world. Abraham lived in the city of Ur (capital of the ancient kingdom of Sumer). Sometime around 2,000 BC. God called Abraham to leave his home and go to a new land that God would show Him. The Bible traces Abraham`s steps from Ur to Haran (north of Canaan), through the land of Canaan, into Egypt, and back into Canaan (which later became Israel).