Date: 2083 A.M., or 1917 B.C.
At Haran, in the midst of a wicked world, there lived a Chaldee named Abraham, a most upright man. God chose him, that through him the knowledge of the true God and the hope in the promised Redeemer might be preserved among men. For this reason, the Lord commanded Abraham to leave his country and his kinsfolks, and go into a strange land. God moreover promised that Abraham should be the father of a great people, and that in him all nations should be blessed.
Abraham obeyed, and, with Sarah his wife, and Lot his nephew, together with his servants and flocks, came into Chanaan, a land flowing with milk and honey. Here the Lord appeared to Abraham, and promised to give him and his posterity that land. In gratitude, Abraham, built an altar and offered sacrifice to the Lord.
Source: Gilmour, Richard. Bible History. Benziger Brothers (1894)
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