'And Abram passed through the land unto the place of
Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was
then in the land. And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and
said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there
builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto
him.'--GENESIS xii. 6, 7.
Great epoch and man. Steps of Abram's training. First he was simply
called to go--no promise of inheritance--obeyed--came to Canaan-found a
thickly peopled land with advanced social order, and received no divine
vision till he was face to face with the Canaanite.