As early as the 20th century B.C.E., Jehovah had a distinct people on earth. Abraham, called “the father of all those having faith, ” was the head of a household numbering into the hundreds.
२१: २२; २३: ६) यहोवाने अब्राहाम व त्याचे वंशज यांच्यासोबत एक करार केला.