God commanded Abraham to leave his home and journey to a land that God would show him, promising to make him into a great nation and bless him. Abraham's faith in following God's command is a significant aspect of the story in the Bible.
Abraham eas ready to leave everything and go to the unknown land god was willing to lead him to.
God told Abraham to leave Ur and go to a new land.
Genesis 11:31- Ur
God told him to "go to the land that I (God) shall tell you," and Abraham journeyed to Canaan (Present-day Israel) and lived there (Genesis ch.12).
No. Abraham and Sarah left Haran to sojourn to the Promised Land.
Christianity follows Abraham as a model example of faith. The book of Hebrews in the New Testament uses Abraham as a role model of obedience and faith to God. Abraham was commanded by God to leave his fathers land and enter into a new land by faith only.
To Canaan But.... The Hebrew Bible says that God spoke to Abraham and told him to leave his homeland and resettle in a new land. According to the Hebrew Bible, when he arrived in this new land, Canaan(KAY nuhn), God told Abraham: "The whole land of Canaan ... I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God."
This statement was spoken by God to Abraham in the Old Testament of the Bible, specifically in Genesis 12:1-3. God called Abraham to leave his homeland and go to a new land that He would show him, promising to make him into a great nation and bless him.
The story of Abraham is found in the Old Testament in the Book of Genesis, but he is also mentioned in the New Testament as he is the "spiritual father" of Gentile believers in the new covenant.
He lived there with his with and father-in-law, until God told him to leave for the land of Cannan.
Abraham was born in the Babylonian city of Ur; and, after having sojourned in the Mesopotamian town of Haran for a couple of decades, moved to the land of Canaan at God's command (Genesis ch.12), where he remained, except for a brief trip to Egypt (in Genesis ch.12).