Abraham was about 75 years old when God said to him: “Go your way out of your country and from your relatives and from the house of your father to the country that I shall show you; and I shall make a great nation out of you and I shall bless you. ” ​ — Genesis 12: 1, 2.
(‏ تكوين ١٢ :‏ ٤ ؛‏ عبرانيين ١١ :‏ ​ ٨ ،‏ ٩‏ )‏ وَرَغْمَ أَنَّ يَهْوَه كَانَ قَدْ قَالَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّهُ سَيَصِيرُ « أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً » ،‏ مَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ تَحْقِيقَ هذَا ٱلْوَعْدِ .‏