Genesis 12:1-4
The Obedience of Abram
12:1 Now the Lord said to Abram,
“Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father’s household
to the land that I will show you.
12:2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you,
and I will make your name great,
so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
12:3 I will bless those who bless you,
but the one who treats you lightly I must curse,
and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name.”
12:4 So Abram left, just as the Lord had told him to do, and Lot went with him. (Now Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran.)
Joshua 24:2-3
24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the
Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors
lived beyond the Euphrates River,
including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped
other gods,
24:3 but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates
and brought him into
the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac,
Joshua 24:2
24:2 Joshua told all the people, “Here is what the
Lord God of Israel says: ‘In the distant past your ancestors
lived beyond the Euphrates River,
including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped
other gods,
Joshua 1:12
1:12 Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh:
Hebrews 11:24-26
11:24 By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
11:25 choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin’s fleeting pleasure.
11:26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ
to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on
the reward.