“And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.”
Then I took your father Abraham from the end of the earth, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac — The divine action resumes: 'I took...led...made...gave' (qaḥaltî...wāʾōlîk...wārabbeh...wāʾettēn) employs first-person divine speech emphasizing YHWH's initiative. Abraham's election and Isaac's birth establish the patriarchal covenant (Genesis 12, 21).
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