Abraham left Ur, in Mesopotamia, because God called him to found a new nation in an undesignated land that he later learned was Canaan. He obeyed unquestioningly the commands of God, from whom he received repeated promises and a covenant that his “seed” would inherit the land.
A fool rejects his father's discipline,But he who regards reproof is sensible. Proverbs 15:5 (ESV)
"The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him."Proverbs 23:24 (ESV)
When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a...
