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Imagine being told to leave your hometown, your friends, and everything familiar to head toward a destination you've never even seen.
Around 4,000 years ago in ancient Southwest Asia, almost every society practiced polytheism, which is the belief in and worship of many different gods.
So who was the person who stepped away from all those traditional gods to start something entirely new?

Abraham's Journey

According to the Hebrew Bible, a shepherd named Abraham lived in Ur, a wealthy polytheistic city in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq).
God spoke to Abraham and instructed him to move his family hundreds of miles northwest along the Fertile Crescent, eventually settling south in Canaan.
Leaving behind a comfortable civilization was dangerous, so why did Abraham agree to make this trek?

The Sacred Covenant

In ancient Near Eastern culture, a covenant (brit) was a sacred, legally binding pact between two parties.
In Judaism, the Abrahamic Covenant represents a mutual relationship between God and the Israelites rather than a transactional legal contract.