BRAGADAYJAH 32

At this stage, and before continuing on, it would be pertinent to remember that at the time God spoke to Abram, he was married to a woman named Sarai. Abram himself was 75 years old and Sarai was 85. Surely even though Abram was even by the standards of those days deemed an old man, his wife would have been regarded by most, including the old couple, as beyond the age of child-bearing. Therefore, as exciting as all the other great promises were, Abram would have held on dearest to the implied promise that God was about to bless him with an heir. Surely, God had said that he was going to be the father of a great nation. Certainly, that had to mean that Abram and Sarai were going to have at least one child soon and very soon, because even tomorrow might be too late. Accordingly Abram packed up everything; his possessions, his servants and took his wife together with his cousin Lot and his wife and his possessions and off they went, from the land of Haran and started off towards the land of Canaan. As Abram journeyed, he had to pass through the land of Sichem and Moreh, lands in the occupation of the Canaanites, as he passed through, led by God or not, Abram’s heart must have been in his mouth several times as he encountered the occupants of those lands. So God came to Abram and reassured him. “Thy seed will I give this land,” said God to Abram. And somewhat relieved, Abram built an altar there unto the Lord. For to be sure, Abram once again would have taken God’s promise as a reassurance that seed would be born to him. More