Abraham was told to do just that. He “went just as Jehovah had spoken to him, ” and for the rest of his life, he lived in tents as an alien and a migratory resident in the land of Canaan.
( उत्पत्ति १२: ४; इब्री लोकांस ११: ८, ९) मी तुझ्यापासून “मोठे राष्ट्र ” तयार करीन असे यहोवाने अब्राहामाला सांगितले होते, तरीपण त्याची संतती वाढण्याआधीच तो मरण पावला.