II. THE COVENANT RATIFIED.

7.. am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees.

A night had passed away and another day had come (see verse 12) and on this day the Lord reminds Abraham that it was he who had brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans; that he had led him from that home of his forefathers to far-off Canaan with great purposes in mind; that to the accomplishment of these purposes it was needful that his posterity should possess and occupy the land of Canaan. He had been removed in order that he might possess Canaan. This assurance is made that Abraham may understand the constancy of the divine purpose.

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