The heart of Genesis is the covenant God makes with Abraham, in Abraham’s day 2000 BC, several mature civilizations e.g., Egyptian, Hittite, Hurrian, and Assyrian bordered the land of Promise (modern day Palestine), which was at that time the land of the Canaanites and Amorites.
Abraham was born in Ur, a city in lower Mesopotamia, later known as Babylonia.
God reveals himself to Abraham, commanding him to leave his country, people, and relations, to travel to the land God would make known. The faithful Abraham departs from Haran, taking his wife, his nephew Lot, and their possessions.
While Abraham is traveling in Canaan, God appears to him, and states that this is the land to be given to his descendants. Abraham abandons the land because of famine and journeys to Egypt.
Upon his return to Canaan, Abraham permits lot to choose a portion of the land in which to dwell. Abraham remains in Canaan while Lot settles in the plain of Jordan.
Raiding kings from the East come to war against a local coalition of cities in the region where Lot settled. Abraham rescues Lot, Melchizedek greets Abraham with a banquet and blesses him.
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