When and where did God first speak to Abram, and what command did He give him?
God first spoke to Abram while he was still in Ur of the Chaldees. He gave him one command: leave Ur and your family, and go to the land that God would show him. Abram responded by faith and went, marking the beginning of God's dealing with the man from whom Israel would come.
Les explains that Genesis chapter 12 records the Abrahamic covenant. This is when God first spoke to Abram while he was still down in Ur of the Chaldees, and God made him one command: leave Ur and your family, and go to a land that I will show you. By faith Abraham went. Les ties this back to Genesis because it is the Old Testament account that connects with Paul's writing in Romans 9, 10, and 11 concerning Israel. This is the beginning of God's dealing with that man out of whom would come the nation of Israel.
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How did Abraham respond when God first called him and what did that start?
Abraham's response to that command was 'by faith Abraham went,' and that going marked the beginning of God's dealing with the man out of whom the nation of Israel would come.