When Abraham and Sarah left Haran to go to the Land of Canaan, most of their friends joined them on their journey. When Jacob’s twelve sons married, most of them married the descendants of ...

When Abrahan was asked to move to Canaan, God instantly provided a bounty of blessings to him, namely: he would become a great nation, be blessed, have a great name, Abraham will be a blessing ...

The map shows the journey and life of Abraham with an inset map of his journey from Ur to Canaan, as well as 22 medallions of significant life events. The map highlights Ortelius’s gift as ...

József Molnár’s ‘Abraham’s Journey from Ur to Canaan,’ from 1850 (Public Domain) The city is located in ancient Mesopotamia, one of the cradles of civilization.

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.” – (Genesis 9:20-22) The name Canaan appears for the first time in this story of the degradation of Noah.

Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz (the Kli Yakar, 1550-1619) asks this question in Genesis 24:3 on the verse that Abraham commanded his son not to marry from the daughters of Canaan lest he learn from ...

all the possessions that they had accumulated, and the persons they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. (Gn 12:5) This week, I’m moving out of New York City.

The ancient city of Ur was discovered approximately 90 years ago and is thought to be Abraham’s birthplace, but the latest discovery is the first time a building has been unearthed that might be ...

First of all, in Isaiah 41:8, Abraham is called by God “my friend.” (See also 2 Chronicles 20:7.) How did Abraham become God’s friend? He did so the way anyone becomes friends with someone else.